The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 109

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Gratitude · Virtue

கொன்றன்ன இன்னா செயினும் அவர்செய்த ஒன்றுநன்று உள்ளக் கெடும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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கொன்றன்ன இன்னா செயினும் அவர்செய்த ஒன்றுநன்று உள்ளக் கெடும்.

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Effaced straightway is deadliest injury, By thought of one kind act in days gone by.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain