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Thirukkural 460

Chapter 46: சிற்றினம் சேராமை (Avoiding mean Associations) · Wealth

Kural 460

நல்லினத்தி னூங்குந் துணையில்லை தீயினத்தின்
அல்லற் படுப்பதூஉம் இல்.

Nallinaththi Noongun Thunaiyillai Theeyinaththin
Allar Patuppadhooum Il

Than good companionship no surer help we know; Than bad companionship nought causes direr woe

Meaning

There is no greater help than the company of the good; there is no greater source of sorrow than the company of the wicked.

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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