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Chapter 85: புல்லறிவாண்மை

On Wealth & Statecraft The Limbs of Society Chapter 85

Kural 844

புல்லறிவாண்மை

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திருக்குறள்

வெண்மை எனப்படுவ தியாதெனின் ஒண்மை உடையம்யாம் என்னும் செருக்கு.

Venmai Enappatuva Thiyaadhenin Onmai Utaiyamyaam Ennum Serukku

“Stupidity is vanity That cries \"We have sagacity\"”

What is stupidity? The arrogance that cries,'Behold, we claim the glory of the wise.'

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Kural #844

The Shadow of Wisdom

Kavi's mistake of acting out of vanity to prove his intelligence reflects the Kural's teaching that boasting about one's wisdom is actually a lack of it. What is called want of wisdom is the vanity which says, "We are wise"

8–14 yr 2 min