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.
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Kural 551 More malicious than a professional murderer is the monarch who rules his people with injustice and oppression. Kural 552 A scepter-wielding king requesting a gift is like …
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Kural 561 He is a true king who impartially investigates and then duly punishes so that the offense will not recur. Kural 562 He who wishes his prosperity to …
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Kural 571 The fairest graciousness, they say, is a kindly look. Wherever it thrives, the whole world flourishes. Kural 572 It is compassion that sustains the world’s existence. The …
Tirukural.
Kural 581 Competent spies and the respected codes of law– consider these two the eyes of a king. Kural 582 Duty requires the monarch to swiftly acquire knowledge of …
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Kural 591 Possessing belongs only to the industrious. Do those who lack such energy really possess their possessions? Kural 592 Those who own a mental energy possess a thing …
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Kural 601 The eternal flame of a family vanishes when eclipsed by that dark cloud called idleness. Kural 602 Let those who wish their family to be a noble …
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Kural 611 Never say in weakness, ”This task is too difficult.” Perseverance will confer the ability to accomplish it. Kural 612 Beware of leaving any work undone, remembering that …
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Kural 621 Laugh when troubles come your way. Nothing conquers calamity better than that. Kural 622 A tide of troubles will recede the moment an intelligent man’s mind collects …
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Section VI: Ministers Chapter 64: Ministers Kural 631 A minister is he who can conceive a great enterprise, rightly choose the ways, means and time, then carry it out. …
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Kural 641 Among a man’s many good possessions, none can equal having a good tongue. Kural 642 Prosperity and ruin issue from the power of the tongue. Therefore, guard …
