The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 857

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Hostility · Wealth & public life

மிகல்மேவல் மெய்ப்பொருள் காணார் இகல்மேவல் இன்னா அறிவி னவர்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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மிகல்மேவல் மெய்ப்பொருள் காணார் இகல்மேவல் இன்னா அறிவி னவர்.

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The very truth that greatness gives their eyes can never see, Who only know to work men woe, fulfilled of enmity.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain