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Kural 275

Kural 275 · Imposture

பற்றற்றேம் என்பார் படிற்றொழுக்கம் எற்றெற்றென்று ஏதம் பலவுந் தரும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

'Our souls are free,' who say, yet practise evil secretly, 'What folly have we wrought!' by many shames o'er-whelmed, shall cry.

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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