The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 480

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The Knowledge of Power · Wealth & public life

உளவரை தூக்காத ஒப்புர வாண்மை வளவரை வல்லைக் கெடும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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உளவரை தூக்காத ஒப்புர வாண்மை வளவரை வல்லைக் கெடும்.

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Beneficence that measures not its bound of means, Will swiftly bring to nought the wealth on which it leans.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain