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Enemy: Quotations from Cyclopedia of Practical Quotations

It is better to decide a difference between enemies than friends, for one of our friends will certainly become an enemy and one of our enemies a friend.

Pereant amici, dum unà inimici intercidant. Let our friends perish, provided that our enemies fall at the same time.— CICERO — Oratio Pro Rege Deitaro. IX.

Le corps d'un ennemi mort sent toujours bon. The body of a dead enemy always smells sweet. Attributed to VESPASIAN and CHARLES IX. of France. Les dons d'un ennemi leur semblaient trop à craindre. To them it seemed that the gifts of an enemy were to be dreaded.— VOLTAIRE — La Henriade. Ch. II.