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Thirukkural 197

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

Kural 197

நயனில சொல்லினுஞ் சொல்லுக சான்றோர்
பயனில சொல்லாமை நன்று.

Nayanila Sollinunj Cholluka Saandror
Payanila Sollaamai Nandru

Let those who list speak things that no delight afford,'Tis good for men of worth to speak no idle word

Meaning

Let the wise if they will, speak things without excellence; it will be well for them not to speak useless things.

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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