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Thirukkural 649

Chapter 65: சொல்வன்மை (Power of Speech) · Wealth

Kural 649

பலசொல்லக் காமுறுவர் மன்றமா சற்ற
சிலசொல்லல் தேற்றா தவர்.

Palasollak Kaamuruvar Mandramaa Satra
Silasollal Thetraa Thavar

Who have not skill ten faultless words to utter plain, Their tongues will itch with thousand words man's ears to pain

Meaning

They will desire to utter many words, who do not know how to speak a few faultless ones.

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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