These daily couplets are drawn from Saint Tiruvalluvar’s Tirukural, an ethical masterpiece written over 2,200 years ago in South India. This American English translation, known as Weaver’s Wisdom.
Kategoria: Tirukural.
Tirukural.
Kural 801 What is old familiarity? It is when neither friend objects to liberties taken by the other. Kural 802 Liberties taken by a friend are friendship’s rightful possession; …
Tirukural.
Kural 811 Though unscrupulous men may seem to consume you in friendship, their companionship grows more delightful as it declines. Kural 812 What does it matter if one gains …
Tirukural.
Kural 821 The friendship of those who feign affection is an anvil on which they hammer you when the opportunity arises. Kural 822 For those who act like friends, …
Tirukural.
Kural 831 What is folly? It is holding on to that which is harmful and throwing away that which is helpful. Kural 832 The folly of all follies is …
Tirukural.
Kural 841 Dearth of wisdom is the direst destitution. Other poverties the world deems less impoverishing. Kural 842 If any merit is gained when a fool gives a gift, …
Tirukural.
Kural 851 It is said that hatred is the disease that spreads the plagues of discord among all living creatures. Kural 852 Though men devise disunity and deliberately harm …
Tirukural.
Kural 861 Rein in antagonism against the strong, but unleash animosity against feeble adversaries. Kural 862 How can an unloving man, with neither powerful allies nor the strength to …
Tirukural.
Kural 871 So accursed is the thing called hatred that one should never wish for it–even in jest. Kural 872 It is bad enough to incur the enmity of …
Tirukural.
Kural 881 Even shade and water are unpleasant if they breed disease. So, too, may relatives be unpleasant if they cause harm. Kural 882 Fear not the foe who …
Tirukural.
Kural 891 Of all the ways to protect oneself, the foremost is this: do not belittle the prowess of powerful men. Kural 892 Disrespectful conduct toward great men will …
