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A guilty conscience is a lively enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about conscience, enemies

The enemy's own punishment is his envy.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about punishment, envy, enemies

Sit on the bank of a river and wait: Your enemy's corpse will soon float by.

Proverbs and old sayings Amerindian about bankers, enemies

Beware, the enemy lies under your blanket.

Proverbs and old sayings about enemies

As the best wine makes the sharpest vinegar, the truest lover may turn into the worst enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings about wine, enemies

A small debt makes a man your debtor, a large one your enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about enemies, man

Both your friend and your enemy think that you will never die.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about enemies, death, contentment

Better the coldness of a friend than the sweetness of an enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Irish about enemies

Your enemy makes you wiser.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about enemies, contentment

Better is an enemy to well.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about enemies

All are brave when the enemy flies.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about enemies

Many are brave when the enemy flies.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about enemies

For the flying enemy a golden bridge.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about enemies

Give your friend a pig and your enemy a peach.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about enemies

Look with suspicion on the flight of an enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about suspicion, flight, enemies

Peel a fig for your friend, a peach for your enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about enemies

One enemy is too many, and a hundred friends are too few.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about enemies

Speak well of your friend; of your enemy neither well nor ill.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about enemies

Trust not the praise of a friend nor the contempt of an enemy.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about contempt, praise, enemies

One enemy is too much for a man, and a hundred friends too few.

Proverbs and old sayings Italian about enemies, man