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Kural 872

Kural 872 · Knowing the Quality of Hate

வில்லேர் உழவர் பகைகொளினும் கொள்ளற்க சொல்லேர் உழவர் பகை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Although you hate incur of those whose ploughs are bows, Make not the men whose ploughs are words your foes!

G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.

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Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org

MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain

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