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Thirukkural 820

Chapter 82: தீ நட்பு (Evil Friendship) · Wealth

Kural 820

எனைத்தும் குறுகுதல் ஓம்பல் மனைக்கெழீஇ
மன்றில் பழிப்பார் தொடர்பு.

Enaiththum Kurukudhal Ompal Manaikkezheei
Mandril Pazhippaar Thotarpu

In anywise maintain not intercourse with those, Who in the house are friends, in hall are slandering foes

Meaning

Avoid even the least approach to a contraction of friendship with those who would love you in private but ridicule you in public.

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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