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Chapter 79: நட்பு

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 79

Kural 790

நட்பு

Position 10/10

திருக்குறள்

இனையர் இவரெமக்கு இன்னம்யாம் என்று புனையினும் புல்லென்னும் நட்பு.

Inaiyar Ivaremakku Innamyaam Endru Punaiyinum Pullennum Natpu

“\"Such we are and such they are!\" Ev'n this boast will friendship mar”

Mean is the friendship that men blazon forth,'He's thus to me' and 'such to him my worth'

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Kural #790

The Shadow of False Friendship

The story illustrates the Kural's warning that friends who constantly boast about their intimacy with each other often possess a friendship that is hollow and mean. Though friends may praise one another saying, "He is so intimate with us, and we so much (with him)"; (still) such friendship will appear mean

6–10 yr 1 min