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Kural 135

Kural 135 · The Possession of Decorum

அழுக்கா றுடையான்கண் ஆக்கம்போன்று இல்லை ஒழுக்க மிலான்கண் உயர்வு.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

The envious soul in life no rich increase of blessing gains, So man of 'due decorum' void no dignity obtains.

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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