The Living Kural
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Kural 297

Kural 297 · Veracity

பொய்யாமை பொய்யாமை ஆற்றின் அறம்பிற செய்யாமை செய்யாமை நன்று.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

If all your life be utter truth, the truth alone, 'Tis well, though other virtuous acts be left undone.

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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