Mishnah for Bava Metzia 65:11
ואמר רב יהודה אמר רב כל המקיים בעצמו כך סוף בא לידי כך:
If, 'when thou meet', I might think that meet is literally meant; therefore it is written. 'If thou seest', Now, what 'seeing' is the equivalent of 'meeting?' The Sages estimated this as two fifteenths<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Lit., 'one in seven and a half.' ');"><sup>11</sup></span>
Pirkei Avot
Joshua ben Perahiah and Nittai the Arbelite received [the oral tradition] from them. Joshua ben Perahiah used to say: appoint for thyself a teacher, and acquire for thyself a companion and judge all men with the scale weighted in his favor.
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