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Thirukkural 195

Chapter 20: பயனில சொல்லாமை (Against Vain Speaking) · Virtue

Kural 195

சீர்மை சிறப்பொடு நீங்கும் பயனில
நீர்மை யுடையார் சொலின்.

Seermai Sirappotu Neengum Payanila
Neermai Yutaiyaar Solin

Gone are both fame and boasted excellence, When men of worth speak of words devoid of sense

Meaning

If the good speak vain words their eminence and excellence will leave them.

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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