The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 729

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Not to dread the Council · Wealth & public life

கல்லா தவரின் கடையென்ப கற்றறிந்தும் நல்லா ரவையஞ்சு வார்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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கல்லா தவரின் கடையென்ப கற்றறிந்தும் நல்லா ரவையஞ்சு வார்.

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Who, though they've learned, before the council of the good men quake, Than men unlearn'd a lower place must take.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain