ஒஓதல் வேண்டும் ஒளிமாழ்கும் செய்வினை ஆஅதும் என்னு மவர்.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 653 ↗Kural 653
Who tell themselves that nobler things shall yet be won All deeds that dim the light of glory must they shun.
G. U. Pope · 1886 · Public domain. Historical wording is preserved.
Source record
Tiruvalluvar; Tamil digital dataset Senkanthal.org
MIT (explicit dataset permission in repository README); underlying classical Tamil public domain
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