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Thirukkural 153

Chapter 16: பொறையுடைமை (The Possession of Patience, Forbearance) · Virtue

Kural 153

இன்மையுள் இன்மை விருந்தொரால் வன்மையுள்
வன்மை மடவார்ப் பொறை.

Inmaiyul Inmai Virundhoraal Vanmaiyul
Vanmai Matavaarp Porai

The sorest poverty is bidding guest unfed depart; The mightiest might to bear with men of foolish heart

Meaning

To neglect hospitality is poverty of poverty To bear with the ignorant is might of might.

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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