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Chapter 14: ஒழுக்கமுடைமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 14

Kural 140

ஒழுக்கமுடைமை

Position 10/10

திருக்குறள்

உலகத்தோடு ஒட்ட ஒழுகல் பலகற்றும் கல்லார் அறிவிலா தார்

Ulakaththotu Otta Ozhukal Palakatrum Kallaar Arivilaa Thaar

“Though read much they are ignorant Whose life is not world-accordant”

Who know not with the world in harmony to dwell,May many things have learned, but nothing well

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Kural #140

Smart or Wise?

The story illustrates that academic knowledge is incomplete without the social grace and decorum mentioned in the Kural. Those who know not how to act agreeably to the world, though they have learnt many things, are still ignorant

8–14 yr 2 min