Mark Twain Quotes

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

Some dire misfortune to portend, no enemy can match a friend.

Betray a friend, and you'll often find you have ruined yourself.

Lovers have a right to betray you... friends don't.

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind.

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

Be careful of your enemy once and of your friend a thousand times, for a double crossing friend knows more about what harms you.

An intelligent enemy is better than a stupid friend.

Never attempt to buy the favor of your enemies at the expense of your friends.

A close friend can become a close enemy.

...if all men knew what each said of the other, there would not be four friends in the world.

If it is abuse, - why one is always sure to hear of it from one damned goodnatured friend or another!

He that openly tells, his friends all that he thinks of them, must expect that they will secretly tell his enemies much that they do not think of him.

I gotta friend who spends his life, stabbing my picture with a bowie knife. Dreams of strangling me with a scarf, when my name comes up he pretends to barf.

You were destroyed by what you befriended.

If you want to have friends, you have to remember that nobody's perfect.

People say friends don't destroy one another. What do they know about friends?

It is difficult to say who do you the most mischief, enemies with the worst intentions, or friends with the best.

A malicious enemy is better than a clumsy friend.

Either be a true friend or a mere stranger: a true friend will delight to do good--a mere stranger will do no harm.

A friend whose hopes we cannot satisfy is a friend we would rather have as an enemy.

The people you love are just weapons that will be used against you.

A friendship built on business can be glorious, while a business built on friendship can be murder.

I understand why there would be prohibitions on straying from monogamy because of the harm that it does not only to the person who is betrayed, but also to the person who is betraying. "Betray" is a sort of shorthand for what happens.

It is good to have friends at court.