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Thirukkural 811

Chapter 82: தீ நட்பு (Evil Friendship) · Wealth

Kural 811

பருகுவார் போலினும் பண்பிலார் கேண்மை
பெருகலிற் குன்றல் இனிது.

Parukuvaar Polinum Panpilaar Kenmai
Perukalir Kundral Inidhu

Though evil men should all-absorbing friendship show, Their love had better die away than grow

Meaning

The decrease of friendship with those who look as if they would eat you up (through excess of love) while they are really destitute of goodness is far better than its increase.

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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