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Kural 401
கல்லாமை
Ignorance
அரங்கின்றி வட்டாடி யற்றே நிரம்பிய
நூலின்றிக் கோட்டி கொளல்.
Arangindri Vattaati Yatre Nirampiya / Noolindrik Kotti Kolal
English
Like play of chess on squareless board Vain is imperfect loreless word
— Like those at draughts would play without the chequered square,Men void of ample lore would counsels of the learned share
To speak in an assembly (of the learned) without fullness of knowledge, is like playing at chess (on a board) without squares