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Thirukkural 414

Kural 414

கற்றில னாயினுங் கேட்க அஃதொருவற்கு
ஒற்கத்தின் ஊற்றாந் துணை.

Katrila Naayinung Ketka Aqdhoruvarku
Orkaththin Ootraan Thunai

Though learning none hath he, yet let him hear alway:In weakness this shall prove a staff and stay

Meaning

Although a man be without learning, let him listen (to the teaching of the learned); that will be to him a staff in adversity.

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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