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The world is always burning.

Popular culture

The end justifies the means.

Niccolò Machiavelli

Actions speak louder than words.

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Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer.

Sun Tzu, Francis Ford Coppola, Mario Puzo

A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

Publilius Syrus

Know thyself.

Ancient Greek maxim (associated with Socrates and Plato)

The saddest thing about betrayal is that it never comes from your enemies.

Popular culture

Appearances can be deceiving.

Popular Culture (variously attributed, including Aesop's Fables)

All that glitters is not gold.

William Shakespeare

Better out than in.

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