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Thirukkural 823

Chapter 83: கூடா நட்பு (Unreal Friendship) · Wealth

Kural 823

பலநல்ல கற்றக் கடைத்து மனநல்லர்
ஆகுதல் மாணார்க் கரிது.

Palanalla Katrak Kataiththu Mananallar
Aakudhal Maanaark Karidhu

To heartfelt goodness men ignoble hardly may attain, Although abundant stores of goodly lore they gain

Meaning

Though (one's) enemies may have mastered many good books, it will be impossible for them to become truly loving at heart.

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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