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grandtrio

(24 posts) Thu May 3, 2012, 05:35 PM May 2012

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Trust your enemies

For they usually do exactly what's expected of them. It's your friends that will stab you in the back.

"Love your friends and love them well,
but to your friends no secrets tell.
For if your friend becomes your foe,
your secrets everyone will know."

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Trust your enemies (Original Post) grandtrio May 2012 OP

A friend can hurt you in ways an enemy can't. n/t A Simple Game May 2012 #1

And a relative HeiressofBickworth May 2012 #2

And a lover is the worst of all....... lastlib May 2012 #3

Ideally, you should live in a way that you don't need to keep secrets... CJCRANE May 2012 #4

A Simple Game

(9,214 posts)

1. A friend can hurt you in ways an enemy can't. n/t

Reply to grandtrio (Original post)

Thu May 3, 2012, 06:56 PM

May 2012

HeiressofBickworth

(2,682 posts)

2. And a relative

Reply to A Simple Game (Reply #1)

Fri May 4, 2012, 12:27 AM

May 2012

can do worse than either friend or enemy.

lastlib

(23,226 posts)

3. And a lover is the worst of all.......

Reply to A Simple Game (Reply #1)

Fri May 4, 2012, 03:28 PM

May 2012

CJCRANE

(18,184 posts)

4. Ideally, you should live in a way that you don't need to keep secrets...

Reply to grandtrio (Original post)

Fri May 4, 2012, 03:31 PM

May 2012

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