The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 823

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Unreal Friendship · Wealth & public life

பலநல்ல கற்றக் கடைத்து மனநல்லர் ஆகுதல் மாணார்க் கரிது.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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பலநல்ல கற்றக் கடைத்து மனநல்லர் ஆகுதல் மாணார்க் கரிது.

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To heartfelt goodness men ignoble hardly may attain, Although abundant stores of goodly lore they gain.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain