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Thirukkural 844

Chapter 85: புல்லறிவாண்மை (Ignorance) · Wealth

Kural 844

வெண்மை எனப்படுவ தியாதெனின் ஒண்மை
உடையம்யாம் என்னும் செருக்கு.

Venmai Enappatuva Thiyaadhenin Onmai
Utaiyamyaam Ennum Serukku

What is stupidity? The arrogance that cries,'Behold, we claim the glory of the wise.'

Meaning

What is called want of wisdom is the vanity which says, "We are wise".

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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