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 Books are Our Real Friends’

We have many friends around us. However, it is difficult to find true and faithful

friends. However, it is difficult to find true and faithful friends.

Henry Ford said that “Best friends are those who bring out the best in me.” To

bring out the best in ourselves, we must have knowledge. We get knowledge from

books. We never feel lonely in the company of books. We feel as if we are one among

the characters described in a story. We live in their world while we read the book.

Books, unlike human friends, can accompany you wherever you go. You can read

them when you travel or when you are waiting on the station. They do not mislead

you. They give a lot of information on a variety of subjects. They will never fight with

you or be jealous of you. The more friendly you are with books, the wiser you will

become. Hence, it is truly said that ‘Books are our real Friends.’

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10. ‘Practice makes perfect’

You cannot become a world-class musician unless you take up your instrument

and play on it daily for hours together. You cannot become a Tendulkar merely

through inborn skill. You have to go to the nets every day for hours of practice. Meritholders in board examinations do not achieve their marks by pure inspiration. They

have studied throughout the year and revised and re-revised and made themselves

perfect in whatever they have set out to study. It is only regular practice that makes

one perfect.

If you don’t practise your work regularly, you will, at the most, he average in

your performance. You will not win prizes or medals or awards. The most difficult

task can be performed by anyone if only they take the trouble to practise daily and

regularly. In fact, you can achieve almost anything with practice.

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