Encyclopaedia of Sanskrit subhāṣitas 139

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akṣaramaitrībhājaḥ sālaṃkārasya cāruvṛttasya /
kiṃ brūmo sakhi yūno na hi na hi sakhi padyabandhasya //

Joined with enduring friendship, ornate, of charming conduct—
of whom do we speak, my friend? Of a youth? No, no, my friend, of metrical verse!