Thiruvalluvar
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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…
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ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Only a spotless mind counts as virtue; everything else is empty show (opens korrents.com)
“Spotless be thou in mind! This only merits virtue's name; All else, mere pomp of idle sound, no real worth can claim.”
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People without love keep everything for themselves, while loving people belong wholly to others (opens korrents.com)
“The loveless to themselves belong alone; The loving men are others' to the very bone.”
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Using harsh words when kind ones are at hand is like choosing unripe fruit over ripe (opens korrents.com)
“When pleasant words are easy, bitter words to use, Is, leaving sweet ripe fruit, the sour unripe to choose.”
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Only a spotless mind counts as virtue; everything else is empty show (opens korrents.com)