The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 401

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Ignorance · Wealth & public life

அரங்கின்றி வட்டாடி யற்றே நிரம்பிய நூலின்றிக் கோட்டி கொளல்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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அரங்கின்றி வட்டாடி யற்றே நிரம்பிய நூலின்றிக் கோட்டி கொளல்.

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Like those at draughts would play without the chequered square, Men void of ample lore would counsels of the learned share.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain