Just make sure to only apply this one to your actual enemies, and not to people who generally wish you well but disagree on some key point.
Interrupting even neutral associates when they are making a mistake does not necessarily have good outcomes for you either. Being the messenger has a reputation...
“Never interrupt your enemy while he is making a mistake.” —Napoleon Bonaparte
(This has been mentioned before on LW but not in a quote thread. I figured it was fair game.)
Just make sure to only apply this one to your actual enemies, and not to people who generally wish you well but disagree on some key point.
Interrupting even neutral associates when they are making a mistake does not necessarily have good outcomes for you either. Being the messenger has a reputation...
Its apparently a misattribution sadly.
It looks like it’s in the attribution section to me, not the misattribution section.