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Thirukkural 1075

Kural 1075

அச்சமே கீழ்களது ஆசாரம் எச்சம்
அவாவுண்டேல் உண்டாம் சிறிது.

Achchame Keezhkaladhu Aasaaram Echcham
Avaavuntel Untaam Siridhu

Fear is the base man's virtue; if that fail, Intense desire some little may avail

Meaning

(The principle of) behaviour in the mean is chiefly fear; if not, hope of gain, to some extent.

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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