401.One’s grit to speak in an assembly without full knowledge
Of great works, is rolling the dice without wooden board.
402.An ignorant’s desire to speak in a meeting of the learned
is like the transgender covets to enjoy womanliness.
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We all know that illiteracy is a serious handicap. People should try to get literate... no doubt! But here it is seen as something of an evil, something so demeaning! Of course illiteracy is undesirable, but comparing an illiterate to a beast...... isn't it too much! Here I cannot agree with Thiruvalluvar! Sure... a great translation!