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The Holy Kural
Written over two millenia ago by Saint Tiruvalluvar,
translated under the guidance of Gurudeva, Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
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Verse 811
Though unscrupulous men will seem to consume you in friendship,
Their companionship grows more delightful as it declines.
Verse 812
What does it matter if one gains or loses the friendship
Of manipulators who gainfully befriend and otherwise forsake?
Verse 813
Prostitutes, theives and those who make friends
To make money are all alike.
Verse 814
Loneliness is far better than friendship with men who are like
The untrained horse which throws its rider on the battlefield.
Verse 815
Far better to forfeit than to obtain the friendship
Of inferior men who stay away when they should stay and help.
Verse 816
The enmity of the wise is ten million times
Better than the intimate friendship of fools.
Verse 817
An enemy's enmity is 100 million times more worthwhile
Than the company of companions who always clown around.
Verse 818
If friends feign inability to perform possible tasks,
Remain silent and gradually give up their friendship.
Verse 819
The fellowship of men whose acts
Belie their spoken words is bitter, even in dreams.
Verse 820
There are men who will cherish you at home but censure you
In public - avoid their every befriending approach.
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