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The choice of friends should be made very wisely. The choice of our friends can make or
mar our career. Acquaintance with many, familiarity with a few, friendship with one and
enmity with none, should be our guiding principle while making the choice. Unequal
friendship seldom lasts long. Friends should normally be almost of equal age, social
status and temperament.Real friendship is a rare blessing. When dark clouds of sorrow
surround us on all side, a true friend serves as a ray of light. He encourages and inspires
us. He cheers us up in our sorrow. When he shares our sorrows, they are reduced to
minimum. He serves us as a mirror in which we can see our good and bad points. He is to
us a guide, philosopher and friend. A true friend should be self-sacrificing and noble-
hearted. Charles Lamb must be thinking of some such friend when he said,
A faithful friend, says the Bible, is a medicine of life. Rather, he is a panacea for all
ills. But it is hundred times better to have a wise enemy than a foolish friend. We must
distinguish between true friend and false friends. A true friend is one who stands by us in
adversity. A false friend, on the other hand, serves his own interests. Our whole life is
liable to be influenced, either for good or for evil, by our choice of friends. Unfortunately,
however, many people make their choice in haste and, therefore, repent at leisure.