தலையின் இழிந்த மயிரனையர் மாந்தர் நிலையின் இழிந்தக் கடை.
Original Tamil · Tiruvalluvar · Senkanthal digital edition
Read Kural 964 ↗Kural 964
Like hairs from off the head that fall to earth, When fall'n from high estate are men of noble birth.
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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