Having Friends and Having Enemies

Cornelius polcare had an official post in the roman administration at one point. He took a turn as a procurator, that's chief tax collector,. So right away there, you know, the guy had some enemies from his official duties too. Plutarch decided to give polcaire a whole treatise on the subject of benefiting from your enemies. You wonder if disguy was act a nice guy at heart who worried about people not liking him.