The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 189

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Not Backbiting · Virtue

அறன்நோக்கி ஆற்றுங்கொல் வையம் புறன்நோக்கிப் புன்சொல் உரைப்பான் பொறை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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அறன்நோக்கி ஆற்றுங்கொல் வையம் புறன்நோக்கிப் புன்சொல் உரைப்பான் பொறை.

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'Tis charity, I ween, that makes the earth sustain their load. Who, neighbours' absence watching, tales or slander tell abroad.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain