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Thirukkural 1018

Kural 1018

பிறர்நாணத் தக்கது தான்நாணா னாயின்
அறம்நாணத் தக்கது உடைத்து.

Pirarnaanath Thakkadhu Thaannaanaa Naayin
Aramnaanath Thakkadhu Utaiththu

Though know'st no shame, while all around asha med must be:Virtue will shrink away ashamed of thee

Meaning

Virtue is likely to forsake him who shamelessly does what others are ashamed of.

Plain English meaning from the 19th-century prose translation by W. H. Drew and John Lazarus. The verse above is G. U. Pope's translation (1886).

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