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Thirukkural 817

Chapter 82: தீ நட்பு (Evil Friendship) · Wealth

Kural 817

நகைவகைய ராகிய நட்பின் பகைவரால்
பத்தடுத்த கோடி உறும்.

Nakaivakaiya Raakiya Natpin Pakaivaraal
Paththatuththa Koti Urum

From foes ten million fold a greater good you gain, Than friendship yields that's formed with laughers vain

Meaning

What comes from enemies is a hundred million times more profitable than what comes from the friendship of those who cause only laughter.

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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