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Thirukkural 846

Chapter 85: புல்லறிவாண்மை (Ignorance) · Wealth

Kural 846

அற்றம் மறைத்தலோ புல்லறிவு தம்வயின்
குற்றம் மறையா வழி.

Atram Maraiththalo Pullarivu Thamvayin
Kutram Maraiyaa Vazhi

Fools are they who their nakedness conceal, And yet their faults unveiled reveal

Meaning

Even to cover one's nakedness would be folly, if (one's) faults were not covered (by forsaking them).

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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