The Living Kural
DECODE · KURAL 562

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Absence of Terrorism · Wealth & public life

கடிதோச்சி மெல்ல எறிக நெடிதாக்கம் நீங்காமை வேண்டு பவர்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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கடிதோச்சி மெல்ல எறிக நெடிதாக்கம் நீங்காமை வேண்டு பவர்.

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For length of days with still increasing joys on Heav'n who call, Should raise the rod with brow severe, but let it gently fall.

G. U. Pope, 1886 · Public domain