The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 304

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Restraining Anger · Virtue

நகையும் உவகையும் கொல்லும் சினத்தின் பகையும் உளவோ பிற.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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நகையும் உவகையும் கொல்லும் சினத்தின் பகையும் உளவோ பிற.

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Wrath robs the face of smiles, the heart of joy, What other foe to man works such annoy?

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain