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Thirukkural 993

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Kural 993

உறுப்பொத்தல் மக்களொப்பு அன்றால் வெறுத்தக்க
பண்பொத்தல் ஒப்பதாம் ஒப்பு.

Uruppoththal Makkaloppu Andraal Veruththakka
Panpoththal Oppadhaam Oppu

Men are not one because their members seem alike to outward view; Similitude of kindred quality makes likeness true

Meaning

Resemblance of bodies is no resemblance of souls; true resemblance is the resemblance of qualities that attract.

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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