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Thirukkural 487

Chapter 49: காலமறிதல் (Knowing the fitting Time) · Wealth

Kural 487

பொள்ளென ஆங்கே புறம்வேரார் காலம்பார்த்து
உள்வேர்ப்பர் ஒள்ளி யவர்.

Pollena Aange Puramveraar Kaalampaarththu
Ulverppar Olli Yavar

The glorious once of wrath enkindled make no outward show, At once; they bide their time, while hidden fires within them glow

Meaning

The wise will not immediately and hastily shew out their anger; they will watch their time, and restrain it within.

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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