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Thirukkural 998

Chapter 100: பண்புடைமை (Courtesy) · Wealth

Kural 998

நண்பாற்றார் ஆகி நயமில செய்வார்க்கும்
பண்பாற்றார் ஆதல் கடை.

Nanpaatraar Aaki Nayamila Seyvaarkkum
Panpaatraar Aadhal Katai

Though men with all unfriendly acts and wrongs assail,'Tis uttermost disgrace in 'courtesy' to fail

Meaning

It is wrong (for the wise) not to exhibit (good) qualities even towards those who bearing no friendship (for them) do only what is hateful.

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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