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Thirukkural 980

Kural 980

அற்றம் மறைக்கும் பெருமை சிறுமைதான்
குற்றமே கூறி விடும்.

Atram Maraikkum Perumai Sirumaidhaan
Kutrame Koori Vitum

Greatness will hide a neighbour's shame; Meanness his faults to all the world proclaim

Meaning

The great hide the faults of others; the base only divulge them.

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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