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Kural 811

Kural 811 · Evil Friendship

பருகுவார் போலினும் பண்பிலார் கேண்மை பெருகலிற் குன்றல் இனிது.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Though evil men should all-absorbing friendship show, Their love had better die away than grow.

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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