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Thirukkural 813

Chapter 82: தீ நட்பு (Evil Friendship) · Wealth

Kural 813

உறுவது சீர்தூக்கும் நட்பும் பெறுவது
கொள்வாரும் கள்வரும் நேர்.

Uruvadhu Seerdhookkum Natpum Peruvadhu
Kolvaarum Kalvarum Ner

These are alike: the friends who ponder friendship's gainThose who accept whate'er you give, and all the plundering train

Meaning

Friendship who calculate the profits (of their friendship), prostitutes who are bent on obtaining their gains, and thieves are (all) of the same character.

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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