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Kural 997

Kural 997 · Courtesy

அரம்போலும் கூர்மைய ரேனும் மரம்போல்வர் மக்கட்பண்பு இல்லா தவர்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Though sharp their wit as file, as blocks they must remain, Whose souls are void of 'courtesy humane'.

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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