The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 693

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Conduct in the Presence of the King · Wealth & public life

போற்றின் அரியவை போற்றல் கடுத்தபின் தேற்றுதல் யார்க்கும் அரிது.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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போற்றின் அரியவை போற்றல் கடுத்தபின் தேற்றுதல் யார்க்கும் அரிது.

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Who would walk warily, let him of greater faults beware; To clear suspicions once aroused is an achievement rare.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain