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Thirukkural 96

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

Kural 96

அல்லவை தேய அறம்பெருகும் நல்லவை
நாடி இனிய சொலின்

Allavai Theya Aramperukum Nallavai
Naati Iniya Solin

Who seeks out good, words from his lips of sweetness flow; In him the power of vice declines, and virtues grow

Meaning

If a man, while seeking to speak usefully, speaks also sweetly, his sins will diminish and his virtue increase.

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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