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Chapter 81: பழைமை

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 81

Kural 802

பழைமை

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திருக்குறள்

நட்பிற் குறுப்புக் கெழுதகைமை மற்றதற்கு உப்பாதல் சான்றோர் கடன்.

Natpir Kuruppuk Kezhudhakaimai Matradharku Uppaadhal Saandror Katan

“Friendship's heart is freedom close; Wise men's duty is such to please”

Familiar freedom friendship's very frame supplies;To be its savour sweet is duty of the wise

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Kural #802

The Right of a Friend

The story illustrates that wise people accept the small rights and familiarities that friends exercise due to their intimacy. The constituents of friendship are (things done through) the right of intimacy; to be pleased with such a right is the duty of the wise

8–14 yr 1 min