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Chapter 96: குடிமை

On Wealth & Statecraft Civic Conduct Chapter 96

Kural 951

குடிமை

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திருக்குறள்

இற்பிறந்தார் கண்அல்லது இல்லை இயல்பாகச் செப்பமும் நாணும் ஒருங்கு.

Irpirandhaar Kanalladhu Illai Iyalpaakach Cheppamum Naanum Orungu

“Right-sense and bashfulness adorn By nature only the noble-born”

Save in the scions of a noble house, you never findInstinctive sense of right and virtuous shame combined

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Kural #951

The Mirror of the Heart

The story illustrates that noble character is defined by consistency in action and a natural fear of doing wrong. Consistency (of thought, word and deed) and fear (of sin) are conjointly natural only to the high-born

8–14 yr 2 min