A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend.
An enemy might at any time become a friend, but while an enemy was an enemy he should be trodden on and persecuted.
Not everybody in the world who is an opponent of our opponent is necessarily going to be a friend of ours.
Most people don't actually like the press. The friend of my enemy is not necessarily my friend.
Whosoever formeth an intimacy with the enemies of his friends, does so to injure the latter. O wise man! wash your hands of that friend who associates with your enemies.
It is easy enough to be friendly to one's friends. But to befriend the one who regards himself as your enemy is the quintessence of true religion. The other is mere business.
The French and the British are such good enemies that they can't resist being friends.
A ruler wishing to win shold not trust a cpterued enemy even if he may be extending had to be friend. Because deep rooted enemity, however, concealed, will ruerely come to light.
No one survives in times of war unless they make war their home. How did I get so old and wise, but for welcoming war into my house and making friends with him? Better to befriend the enemy and hang on. Something worse might come along, which might be amusing or might not.
