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Thirukkural 664

Chapter 67: வினைத்திட்பம் (Power in Action) · Wealth

Kural 664

சொல்லுதல் யார்க்கும் எளிய அரியவாம்
சொல்லிய வண்ணம் செயல்.

Solludhal Yaarkkum Eliya Ariyavaam
Solliya Vannam Seyal

Easy to every man the speech that shows the way; Hard thing to shape one's life by words they say

Meaning

To say (how an act is to be performed) is (indeed) easy for any one; but far difficult it is to do according to what has been said.

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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