George Canning Quotes

A friend advises in his interest, not yours.

Trust not a new friend or an old enemy.

Tell your friends a lie; if they keep it secret, tell them the truth.

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

Be on guard against your friends.

People ask ... for criticism, but they only want praise.

Treat your friends as if they were going to be your enemies one day.

A close friend can become a close enemy.

Flattery makes friends and truth makes enemies

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

The most disagreeable thing that your worst enemy says to your face does not approach what your best friends say behind your back.

Don't be afraid of enemies who attack you. Be afraid of the friends who flatter you.

It is important to our friends to believe that we are unreservedly frank with them, and important to friendship that we are not.

Only enemies speak the truth; friends and lovers lie endlessly, caught in the web of duty.

To love without criticism is to be betrayed.

It is better to be deceived by one's friends than to deceive them.

Bad faith likes discourse on friendship and loyalty.

Being British, we tend to think of ourselves as America's best friend. And as your best friend, that gives us a little bit of license to point out things that could have been handled better.

I learned you can't trust the judgment of good friends.

I had rather be plundered by my enemies than by my friends.

Real friends stab you in the front.

It is more shameful to distrust our friends than to be deceived by them.

I am not afraid of my enemies, but by God, you must look out when you get among your friends.

Nothing is as dangerous as an ignorant friend; a wise enemy is to be preferred.

Did you really think I would sell you out?