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Hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend, because he has more to prove.
In fact you have more to fear form friends than from enemies. If you have no enemies, find a way to make them.
Enemies teaches us more than friends, we tend to learn more by experiences than someone telling us to do something.
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Friendships and love blind every man to their interests.
Nobody believes a friend can betray.
By disbelieving, we sometimes end up our head ended up on a pike.
There's a unspoken rule that every person is selfish at first. Act of behaving selfishly is acceptable.
We all humans has variable and different priorities and importance. And we must respect it.
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A friend is rarely the one who is most able to help you; and in the end, skill and competence are far more important than friendly feelings.
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Your enemies, on the other hand, are an untapped gold mine that you must learn to exploit.
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Whenever you can, bury the hatchet with an enemy, and make a point of putting him in your service.
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Without enemies around us, we grow lazy. An enemy at our heels sharpens our wits, keeping us focused and alert
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Without a worthy opponent, a man or group cannot grow stronger.
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Never let the presence of enemies upset or distress you.
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Be aware of friends-they will betray you quickly, for they are easily aroused to envy. They also become spoiled and tyrannical(exercising power in a cruel or arbitrary way). But hire a former enemy and he will be more loyal than a friend.
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