Date: December 2nd 2008

From: Kauai_Hindu_Monastery@jnanadana.com
To: asnani@giaspn01.vsnl.net.in
Subject: Tirukural - Chapter 82: Harmful Friendship
Date: Monday, December 1, 2008 5:05 pm
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Tirukural
A daily chapter from South Indian saint Tiruvalluvar's Tirukural, "Holy Couplets."
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Chapter 82: Harmful Friendship

Kural 811
Though unscrupulous men may seem to consume you in friendship,
their companionship grows more delightful as it declines.
Kural 812
What does it matter if one gains or loses the friendship
of manipulators who befriend to gain and otherwise forsake?
Kural 813
Prostitutes, thieves and people who make friends
to make money are all alike.
Kural 814
Some men are like an untrained horse that throws its rider
on the battlefield. Loneliness is better than their friendship.
Kural 815
Better to give up than to gain the friendship of inferior men
who stay away when they should stay and help.
Kural 816
The enmity of the wise is ten million times
better than intimate friendship with fools.
Kural 817
An enemy's rancor is a hundred million times more worthwhile
than companionship with fellows who always clown around.
Kural 818
If friends feign inability to discharge reasonable tasks,
remain silent and gradually give up their friendship.
Kural 819
The fellowship of men whose acts
belie their spoken words is bitter, even in dreams.
Kural 820
There are men who will cherish you in private but censure you
in public--avoid their every befriending approach.