Allies

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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.

We secure our friends not by accepting favors, but by doing them.

Pericles

Quoted in Funeral Oration, by Thucydides

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Topic

Allies

Speaker

Pericles

Author

Thucydides

Source

Funeral Oration History of the Peloponnesian War

Medium

Speech

Genre

Political speech Historical literature

Language

Greek

Time

430 BC 430s BC 5th century BC

Era

Classical antiquity

Authentication Score 2

Original Citation

Thucydides. The History of the Peloponnesian War. c. 431 BC, bk. 2.

Current Citation

Thucydides. The Peloponnesian War, translated by Martin Hammond. Oxford University Press, 2009, bk. 2.