keep your friends close and your enemies closer

#Keep your friends close and your enemies closer how to#

I know it is taught in War Colleges around the world. Just might keep us from going to war or loosing anymore. Too bad each US President and his followers don't read the Art of War by Chinese all around student of Life as I would like to call is what Sun Tzu was. Who knows, the next occurrence very well could claim my life.

#Keep your friends close and your enemies closer how to#

I must learn strategically how to maneuver through life and avoid other occurrences similar to this post occurrence. But I think after that thought, of all that is incomplete. Some days I feel that it I'd better if I just died. I have been blindsided by those that were the closest to me and it had left me to be discombobulated and hanging on to a strand of my life. I’m elated knowing the patience, betrayal, hindrance, forgiveness and all the endurances one may have encountered! Looking at it just from a positive perspective it’s like fresh fruit and a new start! It is my designated time to take upon my duties to help others to think! I first had to journey my own soul! I’m in the right place and I’m greater knowing that someone relates to the understanding of friend / enemy and how to disperse yourself. If you can form an alliance of any sort with you enemies however obnoxious they may be, do everything possible to keep it. This vigilance would help people overcome any strategy that might have been planned against them. This phrase acts as an advice for people, especially who are in a competitive business to be mindful of their enemies to ensure that they are not doing anything untoward. It is common practice for people to be aware of what their friends are up to but most people ignore what their enemies are doing. You never know what is going on behind your back. To keep your friends close and your enemies closer is just good sense in competitive sports.I have, in my life, always kept my friends close and my enemies closer.She has not given me any more information. She has asked you to keep your friends close and your enemies closer because she has some reason to suspect foul play.The competition in the business world today is such that it is best to keep your friends close and your enemies closer.As a politician you must keep your friends close and your enemies closer.

another meaning could be, don’t hurt for your enemies by speech or behaviour to keep them calm and harmless.

it’s not a good idea to bother your enemies, be friendly with them but stay alert.

to be vigilant about the actions taken by enemies.

to keep a keen eye on enemies beyond what one might have on their friends.

Keep your friends close and your enemies closer Meaning I have not Googled 'The Book of Five Rings' by Mushashi, nor The Prince yet.Keep your friends close and your enemies closer Hence it is essential that the converted spy be treated Is knowledge of the enemy and this knowledge can onlyīe derived, in the first instance, from the converted spy. The end and aim of spying in all its five varieties Lastly, it is by his information that the survivingĢ5. It is owing to his information, again, that we canĬause the doomed spy to carry false tidings to the enemy.Ģ4. It is through the information brought by theĬonverted spy that we are able to acquire and employĢ3. Must be sought out, tempted with bribes, led away andĬomfortably housed. The enemy's spies who have come to spy on us In the section on 'Intelligence/Spies' The Art of War says :Ģ1.

I have Googled a bit and although the saying is attributed to 'The Art of War' - it is a distillation of the meaning of a few verses, not actually said as such. : Apparently the phrase did not originate with Mobutu Sese Seko, the bloodthirsty dictator of Congo/Zaire. Some say it was taken from an interpretation of Macchiavelli's The Prince, but I could not find anyone who cited a page number or chapter in that book.

Many sources attribute the quote to Sun Tzu in The Art of War, but others dispute that. : Some googling indicates that this quote appeared in the Godfather films, and was spoken by Al Pacino's character, which I believe was Michael Corleone. Radio, New York market, upscale/yuppy product, but I forget which beer it was. enemies closer.' line in a beer commercial a few years back. : : I guess Mobutu lived near the cemetery, then. : : : I think the person who orginally said 'keep your friends close but your enimies closer' was Mobutu, a ruler of Zaire he Congo who manipulated several politicians into giving him money and allowing him to stay in power : Posted by Brian from Shawnee on ApIn Reply to: 'keep your friends close but your enemies closer' posted by Brian from Shawnee on April 02, 2004 : We discussed this on 1st April! From further down the page : : Hi-Does anyone know the origin of the admonition to 'keep your friends close, but your enemies closer'?