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தீ நட்பு
Kurals 811–820 of the Thirukkural, in the book of Wealth (பொருட்பால்).
பருகுவார் போலினும் பண்பிலார் கேண்மை
பெருகலிற் குன்றல் இனிது.
Though evil men should all-absorbing friendship show,
Their love had better die away than grow.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Friends who seem to adore you but have no goodness in them are better lost than kept.
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பெறினும் இழப்பினும் என்?
What though you gain or lose friendship of men of alien heart,
Who when you thrive are friends, and when you fail depart?
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: What does it matter whether you keep or lose friends who are there only when there's something in it for them?
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கொள்வாரும் கள்வரும் நேர்.
These are alike: the friends who ponder friendship's gain
Those who accept whate'er you give, and all the plundering train.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Friends who keep score of what they gain are like thieves and people who sell affection for money.
Open in the appஅமரகத்து ஆற்றறுக்கும் கல்லாமா அன்னார்
தமரின் தனிமை தலை.
A steed untrained will leave you in the tug of war;
Than friends like that to dwell alone is better far.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Being alone is better than having friends who'd throw you off like an untrained horse in battle.
Open in the appசெய்தேமஞ் சாராச் சிறியவர் புன்கேண்மை
எய்தலின் எய்தாமை நன்று.
'Tis better not to gain than gain the friendship profitless
Of men of little minds, who succour fails when dangers press.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Better to avoid low friends who won't protect you even when it's their job.
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ஏதின்மை கோடி உறும்.
Better ten million times incur the wise man's hate,
Than form with foolish men a friendship intimate.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: The hostility of a wise person is ten million times better than the closeness of a fool.
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பத்தடுத்த கோடி உறும்.
From foes ten million fold a greater good you gain,
Than friendship yields that's formed with laughers vain.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Even what you get from enemies is worth far more than friends who are only good for a laugh.
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சொல்லாடார் சோர விடல்.
Those men who make a grievous toil of what they do
On your behalf, their friendship silently eschew.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Quietly drift away from friends who pretend they can't do what they easily could.
Open in the appகனவினும் இன்னாது மன்னோ வினைவேறு
சொல்வேறு பட்டார் தொடர்பு.
E'en in a dream the intercourse is bitterness
With men whose deeds are other than their words profess.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Friends whose actions don't match their words will trouble you even in your dreams.
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மன்றில் பழிப்பார் தொடர்பு.
In anywise maintain not intercourse with those,
Who in the house are friends, in hall are slandering foes.
G.U. Pope, 1886
In today's words: Keep well away from people who are friendly in private and mock you in public.
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