The Living Kural
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Kural 827

Kural 827 · Unreal Friendship

சொல்வணக்கம் ஒன்னார்கண் கொள்ளற்க வில்வணக்கம் தீங்கு குறித்தமை யான்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

To pliant speech from hostile lips give thou no ear; 'Tis pliant bow that show the deadly peril near!

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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