The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 317

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Not doing Evil · Virtue

எனைத்தானும் எஞ்ஞான்றும் யார்க்கும் மனத்தானாம் மாணாசெய் யாமை தலை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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எனைத்தானும் எஞ்ஞான்றும் யார்க்கும் மனத்தானாம் மாணாசெய் யாமை தலை.

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To work no wilful woe, in any wise, through all the days, To any living soul, is virtue's highest praise.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain