தே றற்க யாரையும் தேராது தேர்ந்தபின் தேறுக தேறும் பொருள்.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 509 ↗Kural 509
Trust no man whom you have not fully tried, When tested, in his prudence proved confide.
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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