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Kural 995

Kural 995 · Courtesy

நகையுள்ளும் இன்னா திகழ்ச்சி பகையுள்ளும் பண்புள பாடறிவார் மாட்டு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Contempt is evil though in sport. They who man's nature know, E'en in their wrath, a courteous mind will show.

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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