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Kural 508

Kural 508 · Selection and Confidence

தேரான் பிறனைத் தெளிந்தான் வழிமுறை தீரா இடும்பை தரும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Who trusts an untried stranger, brings disgrace, Remediless, on all his race.

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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