The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 791

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Investigation in forming Friendships · Wealth & public life

நாடாது நட் டலிற் கேடில்லை நட்டபின் வீடில்லை நட்பாள் பவர்க்கு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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நாடாது நட் டலிற் கேடில்லை நட்டபின் வீடில்லை நட்பாள் பவர்க்கு.

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To make an untried man your friend is ruin sure; For friendship formed unbroken must endure.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain