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Not Backbiting · Virtue
கண்ணின்று கண்ணறச் சொல்லினும் சொல்லற்க முன்னின்று பின்நோக்காச் சொல்.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
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In Pope’s words
In presence though unkindly words you speak, say not
In absence words whose ill result exceeds your thought.G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain