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Thirukkural 537

Chapter 54: பொச்சாவாமை (Unforgetfulness) · Wealth

Kural 537

அரியஎன்று ஆகாத இல்லைபொச் சாவாக்
கருவியால் போற்றிச் செயின்.

Ariyaendru Aakaadha Illaipoch Chaavaak
Karuviyaal Potrich Cheyin

Though things are arduous deemed, there's nought may not be won, When work with mind's unslumbering energy and thought is done

Meaning

There is nothing too difficult to be accomplished, if a man set about it carefully, with unflinching endeavour.

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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