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keep your friends close, and your enemies closerproverb
One should be on their toes and alert of their surroundings if malicious people are around, to ensure such people can't wreak havoc in one's life.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of keep your friends close, and your enemies closer in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of keep your friends close, and your enemies closer in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Translations for keep your friends close, and your enemies closer
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- udržujte své přátele blízko a nepřátele blížeCzech
- hold dine venner tæt, og dine fjender tættereDanish
- Halte deine Freunde nahe und deine Feinde näherGerman
- κρατήστε τους φίλους σας κοντά και τους εχθρούς σας πιο κοντάGreek
- mantener a tus amigos cerca, ya tus enemigos más cercaSpanish
- دوستان خود را نزدیک تر نگه دارید و دشمنان خود را نزدیک ترPersian
- pidä ystäväsi lähellä ja vihollisesi lähempänäFinnish
- Gardez vos amis proches et vos ennemis plus proches encoreFrench
- coinnigh do chairde gar, agus do naimhde níos gaireIrish
- अपने दोस्तों को करीब और दु� ्मनों के और भी ज़्यादा करीब रखेंHindi
- tartsa kozel a barátait, és az ellenségei kozelebbHungarian
- jaga temanmu dekat, dan musuhmu lebih dekatIndonesian
- tieni i tuoi amici vicini e i tuoi nemici più viciniItalian
- 近くにお友達をJapanese
- ನಿಮ್ಮ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರನ್ನು ಹತ್ತಿರ ಇರಿಸಿ ಮತ್ತು ನಿಮ್ಮ � ತ್ರುಗಳನ್ನು ಹತ್ತಿರ ಇರಿಸಿKannada
- 친구를 가까이하고 적을 가까이Korean
- propinqui vestri amici et hostes magisLatin
- houd je vrienden dichtbij, en je vijanden dichterbijDutch
- hold vennene dine tett, og fiendene dine nærmereNorwegian
- trzymaj przyjaciół blisko, a wrogów bliżejPolish
- mantenha seus amigos perto e seus inimigos mais pertoPortuguese
- ține-ți prietenii aproape și dușmanii mai aproapeRomanian
- hålla dina vänner nära och dina fiender närmareSwedish
- உங்கள் நண்பர்களை நெருக்கமாக வைத்து, உங்கள் எதிரிகளை நெருக்கமாக வைத்துக் கொள்ளுங்கள்Tamil
- ให้เพื่อนของคุณอย่างใกล้ชิดและศัตรูของคุณใกล้ชิดThai
- اپنے دوستوں کو قریبی رکھو اور اپنے دشمنوں کو قریب رکھوUrdu
- Giữ bạn bè của bạn gần gũi và kẻ thù của bạn gần gũi hơnVietnamese
- האַלטן דיין Friends נאָענט, און דיין פיינט נעענטערYiddish
- 親近你的朋友，和你的敵人更近Chinese
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