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The Worth of a Wife · Virtue
மனைமாட்சி இல்லாள்கண் இல்லாயின் வாழ்க்கை எனைமாட்சித் தாயினும் இல்.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
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If household excellence be wanting in the wife,
Howe'er with splendour lived, all worthless is the life.G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain