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Thirukkural 845

Chapter 85: புல்லறிவாண்மை (Ignorance) · Wealth

Kural 845

கல்லாத மேற்கொண் டொழுகல் கசடற
வல்லதூஉம் ஐயம் தரும்.

Kallaadha Merkon Tozhukal Kasatara
Valladhooum Aiyam Tharum

If men what they have never learned assume to know, Upon their real learning's power a doubt 'twill throw

Meaning

Fools pretending to know what has not been read (by them) will rouse suspicion even as to what they have thoroughly mastered.

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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