When Hodja was a judge a man came to his house to complain about his neighbor. Hodja listened carefully, then said, “My good man, you are right.” The man left happy.
A little while later that first man’s neighbor came to see Hodja. He complained about the first man. Hodja listened carefully to him, too, then said, “My good man, you are right.”
Hodja’s wife had heard all this, and when the second man left, she confronted Hodja, saying, “Hodja, you told both men they’re right. That’s impossible. They can’t both be right.” Hodja listened carefully to his wife, and then said, “My dear, you are right.”