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Thirukkural 814

Chapter 82: தீ நட்பு (Evil Friendship) · Wealth

Kural 814

அமரகத்து ஆற்றறுக்கும் கல்லாமா அன்னார்
தமரின் தனிமை தலை.

Amarakaththu Aatrarukkum Kallaamaa Annaar
Thamarin Thanimai Thalai

A steed untrained will leave you in the tug of war; Than friends like that to dwell alone is better far

Meaning

Solitude is more to be desired than the society of those who resemble the untrained horses which throw down (their riders) in the fields of battle.

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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