Once on the Wikigquote page, I looked for the phrase “know your enemy.” It appears that Quote is found in Chapter III of The Art of War: The latter link also misattributed Sun Tzu. Both of these sites were of little help for this purpose. Other sources listed were from Discover Zoom and The Quotations Page. This is not the origin, but it comes close to the meaning. This way, you can improve yourself and you become more clean and pure, than you would with soap and water. Since his/her job is to criticize you, they will point out every minute flaws inside you. You should always keep the person, who always criticizes you, near you. (“nindak near rakhiye, aangan kuti chavai.īin sabun pani bina, nirmal karr subhai”)” One user quoted Kabirdas, who was a famous Indian poet during the 14th century. He taught me - keep your friends close by your enemies closer. My father taught me many things here - he taught me in this room. Of course, Al Pacino’s Michael Corleone was mentioned as saying the quote in The Godfather Part II. However, I knew what to look for after reading the quote with the second-highest number of upvotes. The top-voted answer gave a link to Wikiquote. It had 5 answers as of the time of publishing this post and a few of the members at the website shared a few links. A question about the quote was presumably asked in 2010. One of the first places I went to in researching this quote was Quora. He is widely known for authoring The Art of War, from which many great quotes are mined and used. Who is Responsible for this Famous Saying?įrom my research, I found that “keep your enemies close…” has often been misattributed to the ancient Chinese general and military strategist Sun Tzu. Also, by researching this famous saying, I gained an even greater understanding of it. Of course, I began to understand the meaning on my own with time. Wouldn’t one need to keep their friends closer if they are in fact friends? One classmate said that she loved “Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer. That day, the teacher asked us to talk about famous sayings we were familiar with and to talk about our favorites. It might have been during an English class.
I believe I first heard this quote in high school. If you are familiar with The Godfather movies, you know this quote. Keep your friends close but your enemies closer.
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