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Thirukkural 393

Kural 393

கண்ணுடையர் என்பவர் கற்றோர் முகத்திரண்டு
புண்ணுடையர் கல்லா தவர்.

Kannutaiyar Enpavar Katror Mukaththirantu
Punnutaiyar Kallaa Thavar

Men who learning gain have eyes, men say; Blockheads' faces pairs of sores display

Meaning

The learned are said to have eyes, but the unlearned have (merely) two sores in their face.

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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