காணுங்கால் காணேன் தவறாய காணாக்கால் காணேன் தவறல் லவை.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 1286 ↗Kural 1286
When him I see, to all his faults I 'm blind; But when I see him not, nothing but faults I find.
G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.
Source record
Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org
MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain
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