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Kural 435

Kural 435 · The Correction of Faults

வருமுன்னர்க் காவாதான் வாழ்க்கை எரிமுன்னர் வைத்தூறு போலக் கெடும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

His joy who guards not 'gainst the coming evil day, Like straw before the fire shall swift consume away.

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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