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If two friends ask you to judge a dispute don't accept because you will lose one friend on the other hand if two strangers come with the same request accept because you will gain one friend.

If two friends ask you to judge a dispute don't accept because you will lose one friend on the other hand if two strangers come with the same request accept because you will gain one friend.

Approximate author period: c. 392 AD · classical

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Saint Augustine
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Approximate author period: c. 392 AD · classical
author lifetime midpoint (354–430)
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