The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 489

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Knowing the fitting Time · Wealth & public life

எய்தற் கரியது இயைந்தக்கால் அந்நிலையே செய்தற் கரிய செயல்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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எய்தற் கரியது இயைந்தக்கால் அந்நிலையே செய்தற் கரிய செயல்.

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When hardest gain of opportunity at last is won, With promptitude let hardest deed be done.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain