Your friends are three and your enemies are three. Your friends are: your friend, your friend’s friend and your enemy’s enemy. And your enemies are: your enemy, your friend’s enemy and your enemy’s friend.
Ali bin Abi Talib (علي بن أبي طالب), Letter 31: “Advice to one of his sons after returning from the Battle of Siffin” (likely composed soon after July 657 of the current era, when the battle took place.
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