Abba Poemen Said
			
			
	
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 There were two old men who had lived together for many years, and they never quarreled.  Now one of them said: 'Let us try to quarrel just once like other people do.  And the other replied: "I don't know how quarrel happens.'  Then the first said: 'Look, I put a brick between us, and I say, "This is mine" and you say: "No, it is mine", and after that, a quarrel begins.'  So they placed a brick between them, and one of them said: 'This is mine', and the other said: 'No—it is mine.'  And he replied: 'Indeed - it is all yours, so take it away with you.'  And they went away unable to fight with each other. 
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