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“Beware your enemy once, and beware your friend a thousand times.”
Betrayal from a trusted friend can be more damaging than harm from a known enemy, so caution should not be abandoned even with friends.
— Traditional Saudi Arabia Wisdom, Saudi Arabia
Source: Traditional Saudi proverb, public-domain oral tradition
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