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दुर्जनेन समं सख्यं वैरञ्चापि न कारयेत् । उष्णो दहति चाङ्गारः शीतः कृष्णायते करम् ॥
One should cultivate neither friendship nor enmity with the wicked. Like a coal — when hot it burns the hand, and when cold it blackens it.
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