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Mukanaka Natpadhu Natpandru NenjaththuAkanaka Natpadhu Natpu

Not the face's smile of welcome shows the friend sincere,But the heart's rejoicing gladness when the friend is near

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The love that dwells (merely in the smiles of the face is not friendship; (but) that which dwells deep in the smiles of the heart is true friendship