முகநக நட்பது நட்பன்று நெஞ்சத்து அகநக நட்பது நட்பு.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 786 ↗Kural 786
Not the face's smile of welcome shows the friend sincere, But the heart's rejoicing gladness when the friend is near.
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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