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Thirukkural 818

Chapter 82: தீ நட்பு (Evil Friendship) · Wealth

Kural 818

ஒல்லும் கருமம் உடற்று பவர்கேண்மை
சொல்லாடார் சோர விடல்.

Ollum Karumam Utatru Pavarkenmai
Sollaataar Sora Vital

Those men who make a grievous toil of what they doOn your behalf, their friendship silently eschew

Meaning

Gradually abandon without revealing (beforehand) the friendship of those who pretend inability to carry out what they (really) could do.

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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