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"The enemy of my enemy is my friend" is an ancient proverb which suggests that two parties can or should work together against a common enemy. The exact meaning of the modern phrase was first expressed in the Latin phrase "Amicus meus, inimicus inimici mei" ("my friend, the enemy of my enemy"), which had become common throughout Europe by the early 18th century, while the first recorded use of ...
The phrase "My enemy's enemy is my friend", and various translations thereof, is attributed to Sun Tzu (6th century BCE) in The Art of War. Sun Tzu lived during the later years of the Old Chinese (language) period, about 300 years before the founding of the first Chinese Empire - which happened about a century after Old Chinese finished its ...
The enemy of my enemy is my friend; The exception which proves the rule; The female of the species is more deadly than the male; The good die young; The grass is always greener (on the other side) (of the fence) The hand that rocks the cradle rules the world; The husband is always the last to know
Perfect is the enemy of good is an aphorism that means insistence on perfection often prevents implementation of good improvements. Achieving absolute perfection may be impossible; one should not let the struggle for perfection stand in the way of appreciating or executing on something that is imperfect but still of value.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend; ... For example, many quote "Be sure your sin will find you out" as a proverb from the Bible, ...
A Dutch court convicted five men for their part in last month's violence against Israeli soccer fans in Amsterdam.
A woman in Kentucky surprised her Navy husband with a special military homecoming by gifting him a five-day duck hunting trip in Kansas with his best friends ahead of Christmas.
The Rifleman's Creed (also known as My Rifle and The Creed of the United States Marine) is a part of basic United States Marine Corps doctrine. Major General William H. Rupertus wrote it during World War II following the attack on Pearl Harbor between late 1941 and early 1942, but its first publication was in San Diego in the Marine Corps ...