The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 181

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Not Backbiting · Virtue

அறங்கூறான் அல்ல செயினும் ஒருவன் புறங்கூறான் என்றல் இனிது.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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அறங்கூறான் அல்ல செயினும் ஒருவன் புறங்கூறான் என்றல் இனிது.

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Though virtuous words his lips speak not, and all his deeds are ill. If neighbour he defame not, there's good within him still.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain