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Thirukkural 129

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

Kural 129

தீயினாற் சுட்டபுண் உள்ளாறும் ஆறாதே
நாவினாற் சுட்ட வடு.

Theeyinaar Suttapun Ullaarum Aaraadhe
Naavinaar Sutta Vatu

In flesh by fire inflamed, nature may thoroughly heal the sore; In soul by tongue inflamed, the ulcer healeth never more

Meaning

The wound which has been burnt in by fire may heal, but a wound burnt in by the tongue will never heal.

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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