A Quote by Solomon

Better the anger of a friend than the kiss of an enemy.

Solomon

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Solomon
Royalty
990 BC - 931 BC

A blow from your friend is better than a kiss from your enemy.

Pythagoras

Come, then, affliction, if my Father wills, and be my frowning friend. A friend that frowns is better than a smiling enemy.

George MacDonald

Better a wrong will than a wavering; better a steadfast enemy than an uncertain friend; better a false belief than no belief at all.

George Eliot

A pretty girl is better than a plain one. A leg is better than an arm. A bedroom is better than a living room. An arrival is better that a departure. A birth is better than a death. A chase is better than a chat. A dog is better than a landscape. A kitten is better than a dog. A baby is better than a kitten. A kiss is better than a baby. A pratfall is better than anything.

Preston Sturges

A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.

Sophie Swetchine

Better a good enemy than a bad friend.

Plato

Ah, sweet alcohol. Like a true friend, you replace the anger with better, louder anger.

R. K. Milholland

Better are the blows of a friend than the flase kisses of an enemy.

Thomas Becket

In order to have an enemy, one must be somebody. One must be a force before he can be resisted by another force. A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.

Sophie Swetchine

If you want to treat China as an enemy, you have a much better chance of making them an enemy than if you treat them as a potential friend.

Jim Sasser

A friend is always good to have, but a lover's kiss is better than angels raining down on me.

Dave Matthews

AugustineThe wounds of a friend are better than the kisses of an enemy. To love with sternness is better than to deceive with gentleness.... In Luke [14:23] it is written: "Compel people to come in!" By threats of the wrath of God, the Father draws souls to his Son.