Hvem sagde min fjendes fjende er min ven?
The enemy of my enemy is my friend
Min fjendes fjende er min ven er et gammelt ordsprog, der antyder, at to modstridende parter kan eller bør samarbejde mod en fælles fjende. Det tidligste kendte udtryk for dette begreb findes i en sanskrit-roman om statskunst, Arthashastra, som stammer fra omkring det 4. århundrede f.Kr., mens den første registrerede brug af den nuværende engelske version stammer fra 1884.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend is an ancient proverb which suggests that two opposing parties can or should work together against a common enemy. The earliest known expression of this concept is found in a Sanskrit treatise on statecraft, the Arthashastra, which dates to around the 4th century BC, while the first recorded use of the current English version came in 1884.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend