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Thirukkural 997

Chapter 100: பண்புடைமை (Courtesy) · Wealth

Kural 997

அரம்போலும் கூர்மைய ரேனும் மரம்போல்வர்
மக்கட்பண்பு இல்லா தவர்.

Arampolum Koormaiya Renum Marampolvar
Makkatpanpu Illaa Thavar

Though sharp their wit as file, as blocks they must remain, Whose souls are void of 'courtesy humane'

Meaning

He who is destitute of (true) human qualities (only) resembles a tree, though he may possess the sharpness of a file.

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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