Tiruvalluvar: Friendship is not for merriment but for stern reproach when friends go astray.

Friendship is not for merriment but for stern reproach when friends go astray. — Tiruvalluvar

Friendship is not for merriment but for stern reproach when friends go astray.

Tiruvalluvar

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