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Thirukkural 830

Chapter 83: கூடா நட்பு (Unreal Friendship) · Wealth

Kural 830

பகைநட்பாம் காலம் வருங்கால் முகநட்டு
அகநட்பு ஒரீஇ விடல்.

Pakainatpaam Kaalam Varungaal Mukanattu
Akanatpu Oreei Vital

When time shall come that foes as friends appear, Then thou, to hide a hostile heart, a smiling face may'st wear

Meaning

When one's foes begin to affect friendship, one should love them with one's looks, and, cherishing no love in the heart, give up (even the former).

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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