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Kural 451

Kural 451 · Avoiding mean Associations

சிற்றினம் அஞ்சும் பெருமை சிறுமைதான் சுற்றமாச் சூழ்ந்து விடும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

The great of soul will mean association fear; The mean of soul regard mean men as kinsmen dear.

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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