A Quote by Jane Addams

Keep friends close but keep enemies closer.

Jane Addams

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Close Closer Enemies Friends Keep

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Jane Addams
American - Activist
September 6, 1860 - May 21, 1935

Keep their friends close and their enemies closer.

Sun Tzu

Jace perched on the windowsill and looked down at him. "You really don't get this bodyguard thing, do you?" "I didn't even think you liked me all that much," said Simon. "Is this one of those keep-your-friends-close-and-your-enemies-closer things?" "I thought it was keep your friends close so you have someone to drive the car when you sneak over to your enemy's house a night and throw up in his mailbox." "I'm pretty sure that's not it

Cassandra Clare

I don't like the saying keep your friends close and enemies closer. I want my enemy on a different planet.

Wanda Sykes

Keep your friends close and your enemies even closer.

Sun Tzu

Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

Mario Puzo

There are many things my father taught me here in this room. He taught me: keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

Al Pacino

Keep your friends close - and your rivals even closer.

Nelson Mandela

Keep your friends close and your enemies dead and buried in the basement.

Mark Frost

I don't keep any close friends. I don't keep any secrets. I don't need friends. I just tell everybody everything, that's all.

Bobby Fischer

They say, Keep your enemies closer. But what if you live with them?

Bob Saget

Same way I have my entire life. Keep my family and friends close. My Latino friends close. I visit the island [Puerto Rico] as often as I humanly can.

Sonia Sotomayor

I believe that entertainment and amusements are the work of the Enemy to keep dying men from knowing they're dying; and to keep enemies of God from remembering that they're enemies.

Aiden Wilson Tozer

And so then, keep on growing, My son. Keep on becoming. And keep on deciding what you want to become in the next highest version of your Self. Keep on working toward that. Keep on! Keep on! This is God Work we're up to, you and I. So keep on!

Neale Donald Walsch

I miss having my mom and close friends around. Thank God for Skype and Face-Time, which keep me connected... but interacting digitally can't come close to the feeling of being hugged by my mom or getting together for a meal with my friends on the same table.