உடையார்முன் இல்லார்போல் ஏக்கற்றுங் கற்றார் கடையரே கல்லா தவர்.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 395 ↗Kural 395
With soul submiss they stand, as paupers front a rich man's face; Yet learned men are first; th'unlearned stand in lowest place.
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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