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Thirukkural 849

Chapter 85: புல்லறிவாண்மை (Ignorance) · Wealth

Kural 849

காணாதான் காட்டுவான் தான்காணான் காணாதான்
கண்டானாம் தான்கண்ட வாறு.

Kaanaadhaan Kaattuvaan Thaankaanaan Kaanaadhaan
Kantaanaam Thaankanta Vaaru

That man is blind to eyes that will not see who knowledge shows;-The blind man still in his blind fashion knows

Meaning

One who would teach a fool will (simply) betray his folly; and the fool would (still) think himself "wise in his own conceit".

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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