இலனென்னும் எவ்வம் உரையாமை ஈதல் குலனுடையான் கண்ணே யுள.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 223 ↗Kural 223
'I've nought' is ne'er the high-born man's reply; He gives to those who raise themselves that cry.
G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.
Source record
Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org
MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain
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