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Thirukkural 824

Chapter 83: கூடா நட்பு (Unreal Friendship) · Wealth

Kural 824

முகத்தின் இனிய நகாஅ அகத்தின்னா
வஞ்சரை அஞ்சப் படும்.

Mukaththin Iniya Nakaaa Akaththinnaa
Vanjarai Anjap Patum

'Tis fitting you should dread dissemblers' guile, Whose hearts are bitter while their faces smile

Meaning

One should fear the deceitful who smile sweetly with their face but never love with their 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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