Tuesday April 21St 2015

[libralady]

Could anyone please explain to me what the expression 'Beware the enemy within means..............

[Lie-in King]

Quote from Cicero explains it well -

"A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But it cannot survive treason from within. An enemy at the gates is less formidable, for he is known and carries his banner openly. But the traitor moves amongst those within the gate freely, his sly whispers rustling through all the alleys, heard in the very halls of government itself. For the traitor appears not a traitor; he speaks in accents familiar to his victims, and he wears their face and their arguments, he appeals to the baseness that lies deep in the hearts of all men. He rots the soul of a nation, he works secretly and unknown in the night to undermine the pillars of the city, he infects the body politic so that it can no longer resist. A murderer is less to fear. The traitor is the plague."

[libralady]

Thanks........But it was as clear as mud to me......

[Captain2]

Somebody on your 'side' may be more dangerous than any of those opposing you. If at work there may be somebody backstabbing you to gain an advantage, but you thought they were a friend.

[Captain2]

Sorry - hadn't seen your other thread

[Lie-in King]

Sorry!