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Thirukkural 877

Chapter 88: பகைத்திறம் தெரிதல் (Knowing the Quality of Hate) · Wealth

Kural 877

நோவற்க நொந்தது அறியார்க்கு மேவற்க
மென்மை பகைவர் அகத்து.

Novarka Nondhadhu Ariyaarkku Mevarka
Menmai Pakaivar Akaththu

To those who know them not, complain not of your woes; Nor to your foeman's eyes infirmities disclose

Meaning

Relate not your suffering even to friends who are ignorant of it, nor refer to your weakness in the presence of your foes.

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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