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Kural 152

Kural 152 · The Possession of Patience, Forbearance

பொறுத்தல் இறப்பினை என்றும் அதனை மறத்தல் அதனினும் நன்று.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Forgiving trespasses is good always; Forgetting them hath even higher praise;

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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