The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 170

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Not Envying · Virtue

அழுக்கற்று அகன்றாரும் இல்லை அஃதுஇல்லார் பெருக்கத்தில் தீர்ந்தாரும் இல்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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அழுக்கற்று அகன்றாரும் இல்லை அஃதுஇல்லார் பெருக்கத்தில் தீர்ந்தாரும் இல்.

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No envious men to large and full felicity attain; No men from envy free have failed a sure increase to gain.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain