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Kural 670

Kural 670 · Power in Action

எனைத்திட்பம் எய் தியக் கண்ணும் வினைத்திட்பம் வேண்டாரை வேண்டாது உலகு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

The world desires not men of every power possessed, Who power in act desire not,- crown of all the rest.

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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