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Kural 128

Kural 128 · The Possession of Self-restraint

ஒன்றானுந் தீச்சொல் பொருட்பயன் உண்டாயின் நன்றாகா தாகி விடும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Though some small gain of good it seem to bring, The evil word is parent still of evil thing.

G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.

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Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org

MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain

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