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Thirukkural 450

Chapter 45: பெரியாரைத் துணைக்கோடல் (Seeking the Aid of Great Men) · Wealth

Kural 450

பல்லார் பகைகொளலிற் பத்தடுத்த தீமைத்தே
நல்லார் தொடர்கை விடல்.

Pallaar Pakai Kolalir Paththatuththa
Theemaiththe Nallaar Thotarkai Vital

Than hate of many foes incurred, works greater woeTen-fold, of worthy men the friendship to forego

Meaning

It is tenfold more injurious to abandon the friendship of the good, than to incur the hatred of the many.

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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