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Thirukkural 469

Chapter 47: தெரிந்து செயல்வகை (Acting after due Consideration) · Wealth

Kural 469

நன்றாற்ற லுள்ளுந் தவுறுண்டு அவரவர்
பண்பறிந் தாற்றாக் கடை.

Nandraatra Lullun Thavuruntu Avaravar
Panparin Thaatraak Katai

Though well the work be done, yet one mistake is made, To habitudes of various men when no regard is paid

Meaning

There are failures even in acting well, when it is done without knowing the various dispositions of men.

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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