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Kural 195

Kural 195 · Against Vain Speaking

சீர்மை சிறப்பொடு நீங்கும் பயனில நீர்மை யுடையார் சொலின்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Gone are both fame and boasted excellence, When men of worth speak of words devoid of sense.

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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