Kural - 395

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

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

Tamil Transliteration
Utaiyaarmun Illaarpol Ekkatrung Katraar
Kataiyare Kallaa Thavar.