Thirukkural |
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Title | The Possession of Self-restraint |
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| Kural Number | Kural |
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| 121 | Self-control will place a man among the Gods,
While lack of it will lead him into deepest darkness. |
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| 122 | Guard your self-control as a precious treasure,
For there is no greater wealth in life than this. |
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| 123 | Comprehending and acquiring self-control
Confers upon one the esteem of wise men. |
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| 124 | More imposing than a mountain is the greatness of a man who,
Steadfast in domestic life, has attained self-control. |
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| 125 | Humility is a precious quality in all people,
But it has a rare richness in the rich. |
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| 126 | Like a tortoise withdrawing five limbs into its shell, those who
Restrain the five senses in one life, will find safe shelter for seven. |
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| 127 | Whatever you may fail to guard, guard well your tongue,
For flawed speech unfailingly invokes anguish and affliction. |
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| 128 | By a single word of injury
Do all a man's virtues lose their goodness. |
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| 129 | The wound caused by fire heals in its time;
The burn inflicted by an inflamed tongue never heals. |
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| 130 | Virtue will wait in the streets to meet a man
Possessed of learning and self-disciplined, his anger subdued. |
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