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Thirukkural 138

Chapter 14: ஒழுக்கம் உடைமை (The Possession of Decorum) · Virtue

Kural 138

நன்றிக்கு வித்தாகும் நல்லொழுக்கம் தீயொழுக்கம்
என்றும் இடும்பை தரும்.

Nandrikku Viththaakum Nallozhukkam Theeyozhukkam
Endrum Itumpai Tharum

'Decorum true' observed a seed of good will be;'Decorum's breach' will sorrow yield eternally

Meaning

Propriety of conduct is the seed of virtue; impropriety will ever cause sorrow.

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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