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UGC NET June 2025 History
'The friendship of a gentleman is like the beauty of a good book. It never loses its freshness but provides increasing pleasure with each passing day.' Who is the author of this proverb?
AKautilya in Arthashastra
BVishnu Sharma in Panchatantra
CVyasa Vaishampayana in Mahabharata
DThiruvalluvar in Thirukkural ✓ Correct
Correct answer: (D) Thiruvalluvar in Thirukkural — The answer is Thiruvalluvar in the Thirukkural.
Explanation
★The answer is Thiruvalluvar in the Thirukkural.
★Thiruvalluvar was a Tamil poet and philosopher.
★He is best known as the author of the Thirukkural, a collection of couplets on ethics, politics, economics and love.
★In it he wrote that the friendship of a gentleman is like the beauty of a good book.
★He said it does not lose its freshness but gives increasing pleasure with close study.
★So the proverb belongs to Thiruvalluvar's Thirukkural.
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