வசையொழிய வாழ்வாரே வாழ்வார் இசையொழிய வாழ்வாரே வாழா தவர்.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 240 ↗Kural 240
Who live without reproach, them living men we deem; Who live without renown, live not, though living men they seem.
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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