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Bíonn dhá insint ar scéal agus dhá leagan déag ar amhrán.
There are two versions to a story and twelve arrangements to a song.
There are two sides to a story. This classic interpretation of our proverb of the week is the basis of western jurisprudence. Disputes can not be settled in a modern court until both sides of the story are told. This wisdom goes back to the ancient Greeks. Euripides said, "In a case of dissension, never dare to judge until you've heard the other side." Protagoras extended Eurpides' idea from points of fact to points of law, "There are two sides to every question." St. Augustine, who built his philosophy on the Greeks, wrote, "Audi partem alteram." (Hear the other side.) De Duabus Animabus, XIV, 2. (From Dáltaí na Gaeilge)