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Thirukkural 953

Kural 953

நகைஈகை இன்சொல் இகழாமை நான்கும்
வகையென்ப வாய்மைக் குடிக்கு.

Nakaieekai Insol Ikazhaamai Naankum
Vakaiyenpa Vaaimaik Kutikku

The smile, the gift, the pleasant word, unfailing courtesyThese are the signs, they say, of true nobility

Meaning

A cheerful countenance, liberality, pleasant words, and an unreviling disposition, these four are said to be the proper qualities of the truly high-born.

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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