The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 280

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Imposture · Virtue

மழித்தலும் நீட்டலும் வேண்டா உலகம் பழித்தது ஒழித்து விடின்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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மழித்தலும் நீட்டலும் வேண்டா உலகம் பழித்தது ஒழித்து விடின்.

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What's the worth of shaven head or tresses long, If you shun what all the world condemns as wrong?

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain