The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 900

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Not Offending the Great · Wealth & public life

இறந்தமைந்த சார்புடையர் ஆயினும் உய்யார் சிறந்தமைந்த சீரார் செறின்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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இறந்தமைந்த சார்புடையர் ஆயினும் உய்யார் சிறந்தமைந்த சீரார் செறின்.

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Though all-surpassing wealth of aid the boast, If men in glorious virtue great are wrath, they're lost.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain