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Thirukkural 416

Kural 416

எனைத்தானும் நல்லவை கேட்க அனைத்தானும்
ஆன்ற பெருமை தரும்.

Enaiththaanum Nallavai Ketka Anaiththaanum
Aandra Perumai Tharum

Let each man good things learn, for e'en as heShall learn, he gains increase of perfect dignity

Meaning

Let a man listen, never so little, to good (instruction), even that will bring him great dignity.

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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