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Enemies are people that could do you emotional, physical or any kind of harm, so you want to keep a real close eye on them to make sure they don't. It's "watching your back" There is the fact that the better you know your enemy, the better you can defend yourself against him. Then there is the possibility that the better you understand him and his motivations, the better the chance of resolving the conflict happily for both sides. Then there is the possibility as expressed by R.A. Dickson who said "Love your enemies in case your friends turn out to be a bunch of bastards."
"One problem with 'Now People' is that they like to voice their opinion with today's rhetoric and semantics." (Dahlin & Kaufman1982) With that type of thinking there is a potential problem. It is that they are viewing something probably said hundreds of years before- hand, with that days more literal usage. Because of the human nature there is a need to be right. In this situations they say it enough time, to enough people that they will often find agreement. Like burning witches in Salem Massachusetts and many other states that went unrecorded. Many times agreement will be flawed and untrue! (Dahlin & Kaufman 1982)
I believe it could be argued that they mean, "Keep Your Friends in the Vicinity, keep your enemies in jail!" (Dahlin & Kaufman 1982)
Open enemy is better than hidden friendly enemy.
What else can I help you with?
What is the collective noun of friends?
There is no standard collective noun for friends.Collective nouns are an informal part of language, any noun that suits the context can function as a collective noun; for examples a circle of friends, a party of friends or a group of friends.
What does constrain mean?
To keep within close bounds or confine.
What does LOL stand for my friends keep on saying it to me?
Laugh Out Loud
How do you spell the word mee or meee or me?
The correct spelling is me.An example sentence is "my friends keep teasing me about how to spell me".
What is a collective noun for a group of friends?
There is no standard collective noun for a group of friends. The noun 'group' is a collective noun in the term 'a group of friends'.
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer?
"The GodFather"
What was the book The Cask of Amontillado about?
It teaches that there is always a paradox. The saying goes "keep your friends close but keep your enemies closer" only in this case "keep your enemies close but keep your enemies closer"
Which movie was the line 'Keep your friends close and your enemies closer'?
The Godfather.
What have you learned from Ernest Shackleton?
"Keep your friends close and your enemies closer."
What does it mean to keep your friends close but your enemies closer?
try to be nice to your friends but be nicer to your enemies so then your enemies are your friends. eventually every 1 will be your friends!
Keep your friends close but keep your enemy closer?
It means that you should keep your friends close because they will help you and protect you and give you advice. But you should watch you enemies even closer than you friends so you know what they are up to. It dosent mean you have to be friends with your enemies.You should have nothing to fear from your family and friends, but to know your enemies, where they are and what they are capable of is by far better then being surprised in the dark...You don't have to be friends with the enemy to know their capablities.
Who said your friends close and your enemis closer?
Quote "Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer." is from Mario Puzo's famous book "The Godfather"
Who said 'Keep your friends close and your enemies closer?
Chinease writer sun tzu
Where does the saying keep your friends close and your enemies closer come from?
Machivelli says that in The Prince.
What does the saying keep your friends close but your enemies closer mean?
We should keep our friends close because they encourage us to always keep moving ahead whereas we should keep our enemies closer as they keep telling us about our weaknesses and faults which enable us to correct them and not repeat them again.
In the bible doesn't it have a verse about keeping your enemies close?
noAnswer:That's, "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer." But, I think it's the philosophical thread of the Mafia... not the Bible.
Keep your friends close an your enemies closer?
This means that you always want to keep your friends close to you because they are people you can trust and rely on. The second part of this means that your enemies are always going to be out there seeking to harm you so you want to keep an extremely close eye on them in order to make sure that they are not going to hurt you. It was none of the above. It was Jock Ewing that made this statement. JR once said ''My daddy always said, keep your friends close and your enemies even closer''.
