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Keep your friends close and your enemies closer

Meaning: You'll be safer if you know more about your enemies than you know about your friends. Look after your enemies better than you look after your friends.

Quick Quiz:

If you "keep your friends close and your enemies closer" you will
  1. have no friends
  2. have no enemies
  3. sleep better at night


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