Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer.

The Godfather: Part II

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Topic

Friends and enemies Friends Enemies

Speaker

Michael Corleone

Actor

Al Pacino

Source

The Godfather: Part II

Medium

Film

Genre

Crime (film) Epic (film) Crime Epic

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1974 1970s 20th century

Authentication Score 3

Citation

The Godfather Part II. Directed by Francis Ford Coppola, Paramount Pictures Studios/American Zoetrope/Coppola Company, 1974.

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If you want to make peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

Moshe Dayan

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Topic
Making peace
Speaker
Moshe Dayan
Language
English
Time
1977 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 1
Citation

Dayan, Moshe. Quoted in Newsweek. 17 Oct. 1977.

Another quote about Enemies

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Kautilya

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Topic
Friends and enemies Friends Enemies Allies

Author

Kautilya
Source
Arthashastra
Genre
Political literature
Language
Sanskrit
Time
300 BC 300s BC 4th century BC
Authentication Score 0
Original Citation

Kautilya. Arthashastra. R. Shamasastry, 1909, bk. 6, ch. 2.

Current Citation

Kautilya. Arthashastra. India Penguin Classics, 2000, bk. 6, ch. 2.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Fat, drunk, and stupid is no way to go through life, son.

Animal House

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Topic
Slovenliness
Speaker
Dean Vernon Wormer
Actor
John Vernon
Source
Animal House
Medium
Film
Genre
Comedy (film) Comedy
Statement Type
Advice Insult
Language
English
Time
1978 1970s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Citation

Animal House. Directed by John Landis, Universal Pictures, 1978.