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Thirukkural 140

Chapter 14: ஒழுக்கம் உடைமை (The Possession of Decorum) · Virtue

Kural 140

உலகத்தோடு ஒட்ட ஒழுகல் பலகற்றும்
கல்லார் அறிவிலா தார்

Ulakaththotu Otta Ozhukal Palakatrum
Kallaar Arivilaa Thaar

Who know not with the world in harmony to dwell, May many things have learned, but nothing well

Meaning

Those who know not how to act agreeably to the world, though they have learnt many things, are still ignorant.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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