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Thirukkural 128

Chapter 13: அடக்கம் உடைமை (The Possession of Self-restraint) · Virtue

Kural 128

ஒன்றானுந் தீச்சொல் பொருட்பயன் உண்டாயின்
நன்றாகா தாகி விடும்.

Ondraanun Theechchol Porutpayan Untaayin
Nandraakaa Thaaki Vitum

Though some small gain of good it seem to bring, The evil word is parent still of evil thing

Meaning

If a man's speech be productive of a single evil, all the good by him will be turned into evil.

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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