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Kural 463

Kural 463 · Acting after due Consideration

ஆக்கம் கருதி முதலிழக்கும் செய்வினை ஊக்கார் அறிவுடை யார்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

To risk one's all and lose, aiming at added gain, Is rash affair, from which the wise abstain.

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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