The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 272

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Imposture · Virtue

வானுயர் தோற்றம் எவன்செய்யும் தன்னெஞ்சம் தான்அறி குற்றப் படின்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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வானுயர் தோற்றம் எவன்செய்யும் தன்னெஞ்சம் தான்அறி குற்றப் படின்.

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What gain, though virtue's semblance high as heaven his fame exalt, If heart dies down through sense of self-detected fault?

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain