“Real kindness seeks no return;
What return can the world make to rain clouds?”
Thiruvalluvar buch Tirukkuṛaḷ
Verse XXII.1
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“There is no greater wealth than Virtue,
And no greater loss than to forget it.”
Thiruvalluvar buch Tirukkuṛaḷ
Verse IV.2
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Verse 260.
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“When no food is given to the ear,
Then let a little be given to the stomach.”
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Verse XLII.2
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“Even the ignorant may appear very worthy,
If they keep silent before the learned.”
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Verse XLI.3
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“The worth of a wife is a man’s good fortune;
His jewels are his good children.”
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Verse VI.10
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“The learned are said to have seeing eyes;
The unlearned have only two sores on their faces.”
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Verse XL.3
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“Anger kills both laughter and joy;
What greater foe is there than anger?”
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Verse XXXI.4
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“The wound that’s made by fire will heal,
But the wound that’s made by tongue will never heal.”
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Verse XIII.9
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“Not every light is a true light;
To the wise the light of truth is light itself.”
Thiruvalluvar buch Tirukkuṛaḷ
Verse XXX.9
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“To turn away a guest is poorest poverty;
To bear with fools is mightiest might.”
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Verse XVI.3
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“To get wealth and security by guile
Is like one who pours water into a pot of unbaked clay.”
Thiruvalluvar buch Tirukkuṛaḷ
Verse LXVI.10
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“When you are about to badger the weak,
Then imagine yourself before a more powerful man.”
Thiruvalluvar buch Tirukkuṛaḷ
Verse XXV.10
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“The gruel that children’s little hands have stirred
Is sweeter than nectar.”
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Verse VII.2
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“The ignorant are like useless, brackish soil;
They exist and that is all.”
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Verse XLI.6
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“How can he practice true compassion
Who eats the flesh of an animal to fatten his own flesh?”
Thiruvalluvar buch Tirukkuṛaḷ
Verse 251.
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Verse XXXI.10
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“How can kindliness rule that man
Who eateth other flesh to increase his own?”
Thiruvalluvar buch Tirukkuṛaḷ
Verse XXVI.1
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“They who in trouble untroubled are
Will trouble trouble itself.”
Thiruvalluvar buch Tirukkuṛaḷ
Verse LXIII.3
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“Reasoning with a drunkard is like
Going under water with a torch to seek for a drowning man.”
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Verse XCIII.9
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“If men must beg to live,
May the Creator also go wandering and perish.”
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Verse CVII.2
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“Whatever things a man gives up,
By those he cannot suffer pain.”
Thiruvalluvar buch Tirukkuṛaḷ
Verse XXXV.1
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Verse XXXI.7
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