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Chapter 20: பயனில சொல்லாமை

On Virtue Domestic Virtue Chapter 20

Kural 197

பயனில சொல்லாமை

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நயனில சொல்லினுஞ் சொல்லுக சான்றோர் பயனில சொல்லாமை நன்று.

Nayanila Sollinunj Cholluka Saandror Payanila Sollaamai Nandru

“Let not men of worth vainly quack Even if they would roughly speak”

Let those who list speak things that no delight afford,'Tis good for men of worth to speak no idle word

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Kural #197

The Value of Silence

The story illustrates the Kural's teaching that wise people should avoid vain and useless speech. Let the wise if they will, speak things without excellence; it will be well for them not to speak useless things

8–14 yr 2 min