Pierre Jean de Beranger Quotes

Whoever said “Keep your enemies close” didn’t have many enemies.

A quarrel between friends, when made up, adds a new tie to friendship.

It pays to know the enemy - not least because at some time you may have the opportunity to turn him into a friend.

Friends confront each other sometimes, and sometimes the friendship lasts, and sometimes it doesn't.

A war is not won if the defeated enemy has not been turned into a friend.

I will negotiate with my worst enemy.

We ought not to make those people our enemies who might have become our friends, if we had only known them better.

I could sooner reconcile all Europe than two women.

Every friendship goes through ups and downs. Dysfunctional patterns set in; external situations cause internal friction; you grow apart and then bounce back together.

I have always believed that life is too short for rows and disagreements. Even if I think I'm right, I would prefer to apologize and remain friends rather than win and be an enemy.

If you're an enemy, I would love for you to be a fan, because I don't like enemies.

I would hope that understanding and reconciliation are not limited to the 19th hole alone.

If you have an argument with someone and you sulk, sometimes you don't want to speak to them. But it is important to keep your friends close to you and do the right things.

Many promising reconciliations have broken down because while both parties come prepared to forgive, neither party come prepared to be forgiven.

I think we might well ask: How does one destroy his enemy by becoming like him?

The only safe way to destroy an enemy is to make him your friend.

My eighty percent friend is not my twenty percent enemy.

We cannot expect to make everyone our friend, but we can try to make no one our enemy.

A close friend can become a close enemy.

It takes years to turn enmity to amity.

On both sides, all should be forever forgotten and forgiven—what has from the beginning of the unrest, no matter how or where, from one side or the other, happened in terms of hostility

When you get into a political fight, never try and kill your opponent. Leave him an exit way to escape with his dignity intact. Remember your enemy today you may need as an ally tomorrow.

A needle’s eye is wide enough for two friends; the whole world is too narrow for two foes.

Love is saying you're sorry. It's the opposite of those cherub posters that say, 'Love is never having to say you're sorry.' Wrong! Love is three sorrys a day. If you haven't met that quota, something's wrong.

People have things that happen between them. I certainly don't keep grudges.