Thiruvalluvar
Tamil poet traditionally credited as the author of the Tirukkural, a classic Tamil text of 1,330 couplets on virtue, wealth and love; almost nothing authentic is known of his life.
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Only a spotless mind counts as virtue; everything else is empty show
Spotless be thou in mind! This only merits virtue's name; All else, mere pomp of idle sound, no real worth can claim.
projectmadurai.orgSaid c. 450–500 CEThis on korrents
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Only a spotless mind counts as virtue; everything else is empty show
Spotless be thou in mind! This only merits virtue's name; All else, mere pomp of idle sound, no real worth can claim.
Tirukkural (tr. G. U. Pope, 1886) Said c. 450–500 CE
People without love keep everything for themselves, while loving people belong wholly to others
The loveless to themselves belong alone; The loving men are others' to the very bone.
Tirukkural (tr. G. U. Pope, 1886) Said c. 450–500 CE
Using harsh words when kind ones are at hand is like choosing unripe fruit over ripe
When pleasant words are easy, bitter words to use, Is, leaving sweet ripe fruit, the sour unripe to choose.
Tirukkural (tr. G. U. Pope, 1886) Said c. 450–500 CE
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The way to punish wrongdoers is to shame them with kindness and let the wrong pass
To punish wrong, with kindly benefits the doers ply; Thus shame their souls; but pass the ill unheeded by.
Tirukkural (tr. G. U. Pope, 1886) Said c. 450–500 CE
Sharing food with those in need and protecting every living thing is the chief of all teachings
Let those that need partake your meal; guard every-thing that lives; This the chief and sum of lore that hoarded wisdom gives.
Tirukkural (tr. G. U. Pope, 1886) Said c. 450–500 CE
The more one learns, the more freely wisdom flows, as digging deeper in sand reaches water
In sandy soil, when deep you delve, you reach the springs below; The more you learn, the freer streams of wisdom flow.
Tirukkural (tr. G. U. Pope, 1886) Said c. 450–500 CE
Wisdom is discerning what is true in whatever one learns, from whoever says it
Though things diverse from divers sages' lips we learn, 'Tis wisdom's part in each the true thing to discern.
Tirukkural (tr. G. U. Pope, 1886) Said c. 450–500 CE
As water takes on the nature of the soil it flows through, a person's wisdom takes on the company they keep
The waters' virtues change with soil through which they flow; As man's companionship so will his wisdom show.
Tirukkural (tr. G. U. Pope, 1886) Said c. 450–500 CE
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