2007-03-03 19:07:43 · 7 answers · asked by Julie. 2 in Family & Relationships ➔ Friends
It's a great and well practiced defensive strategy...
The common phrase is "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer."
If you know more about the people you distrust, the better you can defend yourself against them.
2007-03-03 19:17:16 · answer #1 · answered by Jen :) 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The phrase is "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer" and it means that it's easier to find out what your enemies are up to if they're closer. It means you should keep an eye out for your enemies so they can't do you harm.
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2007-03-03 19:10:40 · answer #2 · answered by OhWhatCanIDo 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Actually the phrase is " Keep your friends close, but your enemies closer"
2007-03-03 19:12:26 · answer #3 · answered by Julia 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
everyone keeps their family close, so that's a "given". Keep your enemies closer means that by keeping them close, you know them and what they are doing far better than if you stay far away and detached. In this way you can protect yourself against their attacks more easily.
2007-03-03 19:12:09 · answer #4 · answered by ignoramus 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
its like.....you keep your friends and family close cause you trust them. BUT you keep your enemies "closer" as a false sense of trust, so that you can basically undermine them in anything that they might do against you. Or it lets them know that they can't get to you, what they do bothers you but you are the bigger person so you don't show them that it bothers you.
2007-03-03 19:11:58 · answer #5 · answered by everyrosehasitsthorn 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Hey I asked the same question 40 minutes ago..
2007-03-03 19:28:56 · answer #6 · answered by Daredevil 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
like wut me and seppi do. she dont like me and i dont like her yet we're still "friends" so we can't harm each other. we're faux friends if you will. lol
2007-03-04 15:02:39 · answer #7 · answered by Jasety D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋