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Thirukkural 1019

Kural 1019

குலஞ்சுடும் கொள்கை பிழைப்பின் நலஞ்சுடும்
நாணின்மை நின்றக் கடை.

Kulanjutum Kolkai Pizhaippin Nalanjutum
Naaninmai Nindrak Katai

'Twill race consume if right observance fail;'Twill every good consume if shamelessness prevail

Meaning

Want of manners injures one's family; but want of modesty injures one's character.

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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