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Chapter 14: ஒழுக்கமுடைமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 14

Kural 133

ஒழுக்கமுடைமை

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திருக்குறள்

ஒழுக்கம் உடைமை குடிமை இழுக்கம் இழிந்த பிறப்பாய் விடும்.

Ozhukkam Utaimai Kutimai Izhukkam Izhindha Pirappaai Vitum

“Good conduct shows good family Low manners mark anomaly”

'Decorum's' true nobility on earth;'Indecorum's' issue is ignoble birth

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Kural #133

The True Measure of Greatness

The story illustrates that propriety of conduct defines a person's true status, whereas bad behavior diminishes even the highest birth. Propriety of conduct is true greatness of birth, and impropriety will sink into a mean birth

8–14 yr 1 min