The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 827

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Unreal Friendship · Wealth & public life

சொல்வணக்கம் ஒன்னார்கண் கொள்ளற்க வில்வணக்கம் தீங்கு குறித்தமை யான்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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சொல்வணக்கம் ஒன்னார்கண் கொள்ளற்க வில்வணக்கம் தீங்கு குறித்தமை யான்.

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To pliant speech from hostile lips give thou no ear; 'Tis pliant bow that show the deadly peril near!

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain