The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 331

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Instability · Virtue

நில்லாத வற்றை நிலையின என்றுணரும் புல்லறி வாண்மை கடை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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நில்லாத வற்றை நிலையின என்றுணரும் புல்லறி வாண்மை கடை.

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Lowest and meanest lore, that bids men trust secure, In things that pass away, as things that shall endure!

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain