குறள் 395

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Utaiyaarmun Illaarpol Ekkatrung KatraarKataiyare Kallaa Thavar

With soul submiss they stand, as paupers front a rich man's face;Yet learned men are first; th'unlearned stand in lowest place

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The unlearned are inferior to the learned, before whom they stand begging, as the destitute before the wealthy