Weaver’s Wisdom

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.§