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Thirukkural 198

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

Kural 198

அரும்பயன் ஆயும் அறிவினார் சொல்லார்
பெரும்பயன் இல்லாத சொல்.

Arumpayan Aayum Arivinaar Sollaar
Perumpayan Illaadha Sol

The wise who weigh the worth of every utterance, Speak none but words of deep significance

Meaning

The wise who seek after rare pleasures will not speak words that have not much weight in 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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