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Thirukkural 810

Chapter 81: பழைமை (Familiarity) · Wealth

Kural 810

விழையார் விழையப் படுப பழையார்கண்
பண்பின் தலைப்பிரியா தார்.

Vizhaiyaar Vizhaiyap Patupa Pazhaiyaarkan
Panpin Thalaippiriyaa Thaar

Ill-wishers even wish them well, who guardFor ancient friends, their wonted kind regard

Meaning

Even enemies will love those who have never changed in their affection to their long-standingfriends.

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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