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Thirukkural 95

Chapter 10: இனியவை கூறல் (The Utterance of Pleasant Words) · Virtue

Kural 95

பணிவுடையன் இன்சொலன் ஆதல் ஒருவற்கு
அணியல்ல மற்றுப் பிற.

Panivutaiyan Insolan Aadhal Oruvarku
Aniyalla Matrup Pira

Humility with pleasant speech to man on earth, Is choice adornment; all besides is nothing worth

Meaning

Humility and sweetness of speech are the ornaments of man; all others are not (ornaments).

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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