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| A dead enemy is as good as a cold friend. German. | 1 |
| A sly enemy is worth more than ten others. German. | 2 |
| An enemy does not sleep. French. | 3 |
| An enemy has sharp eyes and acute ears. German. | 4 |
| An enemy is a perpetual spy. | 5 |
| An enemy is a thorn in the quilt. Pashto. | 6 |
| An enemy may chance to give good counsel. | 7 |
| An enemy’s envy is an honor. Latin. | 8 |
| An enemy’s envy is his own punishment. Tamil. | 9 |
| An enemy’s present is no favor. Modern Greek. | 10 |
| An enemy to beauty is a foe to nature. | 11 |
| An enemy who begging forgiveness lies at thy feet must not feel thy sword. | 12 |
| An old enemy becomes not a friend. Modern Greek. | 13 |
| An open enemy is better than a false friend. German. | 14 |
| Be my enemy and go to my mill. Spanish. | 15 |
| Be my enemy far from me he may live a thousand years. Turkish. | 16 |
| Be thine enemy an ant, see in him an elephant. Turkish. | 17 |
| Best dealing with the enemy when you take him at the weakest. | 18 |
| Better a wise enemy than a foolish friend. Modern Greek. | 19 |
| Better to have the enemy in front than in the rear. | 20 |
| Beware of enemies reconciled and of meat twice boiled. Spanish. | 21 |
| Build golden bridges for the flying foe. German. | 22 |
| Consider that an enemy may become a friend. Publius Syrus. | 23 |
| Do not despise your enemy. | 24 |
| Do not spread your corn to dry at an enemy’s door. Asturian. | 25 |
| Every man carries an enemy in his own bosom. Danish. | 26 |
| Every one has both enemies and friends. German. | 27 |
| For a flying enemy make a silver bridge. | 28 |
| He is above his enemies that despises their injuries. | 29 |
| He that dallies with his enemy gives him leave to kill him. | 30 |
| He who feeds a wolf strengthens his enemy. Danish. | 31 |
| He who has enemies let him not sleep. Spanish. | 32 |
| He who has three enemies must agree with two. German. | 33 |
| He who makes light of his enemy dies by his hand. Spanish. | 34 |
| His own enemy is no one’s friend. German. | 35 |
| How learned a thing it is to beware of the humblest enemy. Ben Jonson. | 36 |
| If I wished to punish an enemy, I would make him hate somebody. Hannah More. | 37 |
| If we are bound to forgive an enemy, we are not bound to trust him. | 38 |
| If we be enemies to ourselves, whither shall we fly. | 39 |
| If you have no enemies it is a sign fortune has forgot you. | 40 |
| If you would make an enemy, lend a man money and ask it of him again. | 41 |
| In an enemy spots are soon seen. | 42 |
| It is a miserable lot to be without an enemy. Publius Syrus. | 43 |
| Little enemies and little wounds are not to be despised. German. | 44 |
| Look with suspicion upon the flight of an enemy. Italian. | 45 |
| Make a silver bridge for a flying enemy. Spanish, Portuguese. | 46 |
| Make no enemies. Sri Lankan. | 47 |
| Man has not a greater enemy than himself. Petrarch. | 48 |
| Many enemies, much honor. German. | 49 |
| Never fight an enemy while it is possible to cheat him. | 50 |
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| No enemy is so despicable but he may do one a vexatious turn. L’Estrange. | 51 |
| No man is without enemies. Arabian. | 52 |
| Once an enemy always an enemy. | 53 |
| One can learn even from an enemy. German. | 54 |
| One enemy can harm you more than a hundred friends can do you good. German. | 55 |
| One should not believe the enemy though he tell the truth. German. | 56 |
| Out of a secret enemy one must make an open one. German. | 57 |
| Receive instruction from an enemy. Ovid. | 58 |
| So many slaves so many enemies. German. | 59 |
| That is a most wretched fortune which is without an enemy. Latin. | 60 |
| The body of a dead enemy always smells well. Charles IX. of France. | 61 |
| The enemy is sleepless. German. | 62 |
| The officer who grapples with the enemy can never be wrong. Nelson. | 63 |
| The stouter the enemy the more glorious the victory. German. | 64 |
| The weakness of the enemy makes our own strength. French. | 65 |
| There is no enemy that cannot do harm. German. | 66 |
| There is no little enemy. | 67 |
| There is no such thing as an insignificant enemy. French. | 68 |
| Though thy enemy seem a mouse, yet watch him like a lion. | 69 |
| Though you are bound to love your enemy, you are not bound to put your sword in his hand. | 70 |
| To learn of an enemy has always been accounted honorable. Dr. Johnson. | 71 |
| Water sleeps, the enemy wakes. Turkish. | 72 |
| We carry our greatest enemies within us. | 73 |
| We have met the enemy and he is ours. Perry. | 74 |
| What signifies dying the day after thine enemy. Arabian Nights. | 75 |
| When thine enemy retreateth make him a golden bridge. Dutch. | 76 |
| When two enemies blow one horn the third will have to suffer for it. Danish. | 77 |
| When you are on the road speak not ill of your enemy. Spanish. | 78 |
| Who is your enemy? A man of your own trade. Spanish. | 79 |
| Your enemy makes you wise. Italian. | 80 |
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