Kural - 555

His people's tears of sorrow past endurance, are not they
Sharp instruments to wear the monarch's wealth away

Explanation
Will not the tears, shed by a people who cannot endure the oppression which they suffer (from their king), become a saw to waste away his wealth ?.

Tamil Transliteration
Allarpattu Aatraadhu Azhudhakan Neerandre
Selvaththaith Theykkum Patai.