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Thirukkural 296

Kural 296

பொய்யாமை அன்ன புகழில்லை எய்யாமை
எல்லா அறமுந் தரும்.

Poiyaamai Anna Pukazhillai Eyyaamai
Ellaa Aramun Tharum

No praise like that of words from falsehood free; This every virtue yields spontaneously

Meaning

There is no praise like the praise of never uttering a falsehood: without causing any suffering, it will lead to every virtue.

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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