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Kural 474

Kural 474 · The Knowledge of Power

அமைந்தாங் கொழுகான் அளவறியான் தன்னை வியந்தான் விரைந்து கெடும்.

Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition

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Sourced translation · English

Who not agrees with those around, no moderation knows, In self-applause indulging, swift to ruin goes.

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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