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Kural 182

Kural 182 · Not Backbiting

அறனழீஇ அல்லவை செய்தலின் தீதே புறனழீஇப் பொய்த்து நகை.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Than he who virtue scorns, and evil deeds performs, more vile, Is he that slanders friend, then meets him with false smile.

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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