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Thirukkural 300

Kural 300

யாமெய்யாக் கண்டவற்றுள் இல்லை எனைத்தொன்றும்
வாய்மையின் நல்ல பிற.

Yaameyyaak Kantavatrul Illai Enaiththondrum
Vaaimaiyin Nalla Pira

Of all good things we've scanned with studious care, There's nought that can with truthfulness compare

Meaning

Amidst all that we have seen (described) as real (excellence), there is nothing so good as truthfulness.

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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