Manusmriti

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कामं श्राद्धेऽर्चयेन् मित्रं नाभिरूपमपि त्वरिम् । द्विषता हि हविर्भुक्तं भवति प्रेत्य निष्फलम् ॥ १४४ ॥

(If no learned Brahmana be at hand), he may rather honour a (virtuous) friend than an enemy, though the latter may be qualified (by learning and so forth); for sacrificial food, eaten by a foe, bears no reward after death.

english translation

kAmaM zrAddhe'rcayen mitraM nAbhirUpamapi tvarim । dviSatA hi havirbhuktaM bhavati pretya niSphalam ॥ 144 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript