நயனில சொல்லினுஞ் சொல்லுக சான்றோர் பயனில சொல்லாமை நன்று.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 197 ↗Kural 197
Let those who list speak things that no delight afford, 'Tis good for men of worth to speak no idle word.
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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