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 * கல்லார் உறவிலும் கற்றோர் பகை நலம்.
 * The enmity of the learned is better than the friendship of the illiterate.

 
 * கல்லார் உறவகல் காமக் கடல் கட.
 * Keep at a distance from the unlettered; cross the sea of passion.

 
 * கல்லிலும் வன்மை கனமூடர் நெஞ்சம்.
 * The heart of a great fool is harder than a stone.

 
 * கல்லிலே நார் உரிக்கிறது போல.
 * Like stripping fibre from a stone.

 
 * கல்லும் தேங்காயும்போலப் பேசுகிறான்
 * He speaks as effectively as the hitting of a stone on a cocoanut.

 
 * கல்லும் காவேரியும் உள்ளமட்டும் வாழ்க.
 * May you live as long as the rocks and the Cauveri exist.
 * The river Cauveri rises in the western ghauts and flows into the bay of Bengal. It is the source of the great fertility of Tanjore and the adjacent districts. According to the legend it originated in the following manner. In ancient times when the people of southern India suffered from drought, Ganésa became incarnate in the form of a crow. As such he visited the abode of an ascetic on one of the western hills. He there alighted on the waterpot of a hermit and upset it. The water thus spilt, by reason of the hermit’s merit, became a river: the current spelling would make the name the lake of the crow: the legend requires the word to be spelt காவேரி crow mounting, whereas காவேரி lake of the crow is common.

 
 * கல்லு வருகிற விசையைக் கண்டால் பல்லைச் சிக்கென மூடவேண்டும்.
 * On seeing the rapid approach of a stone press your teeth and shut your mouth.

 
 * கல்லை ஆகிலும் கரைக்கலாம், மூர்க்கன் மனதைக் கரைக்கல் ஆகாது.
 * Even stones may be dissolved, but the mind of a fool cannot.

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