Kural 441<\/p>\n
If men fathom what it means to have virtuous and wise friends,
\nthey will find the means to procure such friendships.
\nKural 442<\/p>\n
There are men who allay today’s trials and avert
\ntomorrow’s troubles. Befriend and look after them.
\nKural 443<\/p>\n
To cherish and befriend men of greatness
\nis the rarest of all rare things.
\nKural 444<\/p>\n
A man’s greatest strength is meriting friendship
\nwith those greater than himself.
\nKural 445<\/p>\n
Knowing that they function as a monarch’s eyes,
\na king looks at ministers meticulously before engaging them.
\nKural 446<\/p>\n
A man’s foes are rendered ineffective
\nif he can live in fellowship with the worthy.
\nKural 447<\/p>\n
Who can destroy the man who enjoys the friendship
\nof aides who will not hesitate to admonish him?
\nKural 448<\/p>\n
With no one to reprove and thus protect him,
\na king will be destroyed, though no one seeks his destruction.
\nKural 449<\/p>\n
Profit is not for those who have no capital; nor is stability
\nfor those who lack the support of faithful friends.
\nKural 450<\/p>\n
While it is perilous to make a multitude of foes,
\nit is ten times worse to give up the friendship of the worthy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kural 441 If men fathom what it means to have virtuous and wise friends, they will find the means to procure such friendships. Kural 442 There are men who allay today’s trials and avert tomorrow’s troubles. Befriend and look after them. Kural 443 To cherish and befriend men of greatness is the rarest of all rare things. Kural 444 A man’s greatest strength is meriting friendship with those greater than himself. Kural 445 Knowing that they function as a monarch’s eyes, a king looks at ministers meticulously before engaging them. Kural 446 A man’s foes are rendered ineffective if he <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7443","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tirukural","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7443","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7443"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7443\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4939"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7443"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7443"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7443"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}