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Not Backbiting · Virtue
அறஞ்சொல்லும் நெஞ்சத்தான் அன்மை புறஞ்சொல்லும் புன்மையாற் காணப் படும்.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
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The slanderous meanness that an absent friend defames,
'This man in words owns virtue, not in heart,' proclaims.G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain