The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 403

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Ignorance · Wealth & public life

கல்லா தவரும் நனிநல்லர் கற்றார்முன் சொல்லா திருக்கப் பெறின்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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கல்லா தவரும் நனிநல்லர் கற்றார்முன் சொல்லா திருக்கப் பெறின்.

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The blockheads, too, may men of worth appear, If they can keep from speaking where the learned hear!

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain