கல்லாதான் ஒட்பம் கழியநன் றாயினும் கொள்ளார் அறிவுடை யார்.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 404 ↗Kural 404
From blockheads' lips, when words of wisdom glibly flow, The wise receive them not, though good they seem to show.
G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.
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Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org
MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain
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