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essay on better alone than in a bad company

Answer 1

Man is a social animal and that he cannot live without some sort of company. It is rightly said that one who can live without company cannot be a human being. He must be either an animal or a divine being.

All such reflections may be based on stark realities of life. But it is also possible that these may be just philosophical musings. The fact that sometimes circumstances take such a turn in man’s life that he has to shun all company and live a secluded life. Certainly, a hermit or a recluse who leads a cloistered life cannot be termed as an insane person. Many of our great philosophers, saints, seers and wise men have, indeed, risen from ashrams and ‘maths’ where they could get ample time for brooding over various intricate philosophical questions and riddles of life.

In life sometimes we find ourselves surrounded by cheats, thugs, swindlers, terrorists, fanatics and other such and-social elements such that we feel that we could do better than live and work among such people. It is said that a single black sheep infests the whole flock. So, we don’t want to get infested and infected while living and working among such people.

In such circumstances, if we are honest and thus want to lead a segregated life and steer our own course of life, there should be nothing wrong with such a compulsive decision.

Answer 2

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Better to be alone than in bad company

Better be alone than in bad company is a proverb which is a useful reminder for everybody. The wisdom behind this proverb ithat it is better off to be without any friends than to have friends with a bad character.

We are known by the company we keep. So it is better to be called a loner than to be labeled as a bad person like the friends we keep. Being labelled a loner is much better than to mingle with bad company.

Further, when we spend time with people who are not morally good, we may be influenced by them. Under their influence we may lose our good moral values and become a person of bad character. There are many young people who destroyed their life and career because they became alcoholics and drug addicts because of the bad company they kept. It is very important to choose our friends carefully and avoid bad company.