புல்லவையுள் பொச்சாந்தும் சொல்லற்க நல்லவையுள் நன்குசலச் சொல்லு வார்.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 719 ↗Kural 719
In councils of the good, who speak good things with penetrating power, In councils of the mean, let them say nought, e'en in oblivious hour.
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
Text SHA256: ccf6d6836dc793977e9db400ce55c23d879d7efd1662bcd4a0f88150b1f44aa1