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…one enemy can do more hurt, than ten friends can do good.

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A false friend is more dangerous than an open enemy

Do not forget that a traitor within our ranks, known to us, can do more harm to the enemy than a loyal man can do good to us.

He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy will meet him everywhere.

519. One enemy is too much.

Evil companions bring more hurt than profit.

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"An Eastern poet, Ali Ben Abu Taleb, writes with sad truth, — "He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare,
And he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.

One single war — we all know — may be productive of more evil, immediate and subsequent, than hundreds of years of the unchecked action of the mutual-aid principle may be productive of good.

A foolish friend may cause more woe
Than could, indeed, the wisest foe.

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

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