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

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Citation

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

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

Elizabeth Appell

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Topic
Facing one's fears Personal growth

Author

Elizabeth Appell
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1979 1970s 20th century
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Citation

Appell, Elizabeth. “Risk.” John F Kennedy University Newsletter, Jan. 1979.

Another quote about Friends

In the misfortune of our best friends we often find something that is not displeasing.

François de La Rochefoucauld

Reflections

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Topic
Schadenfreude Friends

Author

François de La Rochefoucauld
Source
Reflections
Medium
Epigram
Language
French
Time
1678 1670s 17th century
Authentication Score 1
Original Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Reflexions ou sentences et maximes morales [Reflections; or Sentences and Moral Maxims]. c. 1665.

Current Citation

La Rochefoucauld, Francois. Collected Maxims and Other Reflections, translated by E. H. and A. M. Blackmore and Francine Giguere. Oxford University Press, 2008.

Another quote of the following type Advice

Love your solitude and bear with sweet-sounding lamentation the suffering it causes you.

Rainer Maria Rilke

Letters to a Young Poet

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Topic
Solitude

Author

Rainer Maria Rilke
Source
Letters to a Young Poet
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Advice
Language
German
Time
1929 1920s 20th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letter to Franz Kappus. 16 July 1903.

Current Citation

Rilke, Rainer Maria. Letters to a Young Poet, translated by Charlie Louth. Penguin Classics, 2014.