{"id":5449,"date":"2017-06-25T05:00:49","date_gmt":"2017-06-25T02:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=5449"},"modified":"2017-05-22T18:20:30","modified_gmt":"2017-05-22T15:20:30","slug":"tirukural-chapter-73-not-dreading-the-audience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/tirukural\/tirukural-chapter-73-not-dreading-the-audience","title":{"rendered":"Tirukural.Chapter 73: Not Dreading the Audience"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4863 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/0-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/>Kural 721<\/p>\n<p>Unsullied men, skilled in discourse, may speak unfalteringly<br \/>\nbefore the powerful, provided they understand their audience.<br \/>\nKural 722<\/p>\n<p>Only the learned among learned can convincingly express<br \/>\nwhat they have learned before a learned assembly.<br \/>\nKural 723<\/p>\n<p>Men who can brave death on the battlefield are common;<br \/>\nbut rare are they who can face an audience without fear.<br \/>\nKural 724<\/p>\n<p>Speak confidently before the learned what you have mastered;<br \/>\nand learn from those more learned what you do not know.<br \/>\nKural 725<\/p>\n<p>Study the science of logic in order that<br \/>\nyou may fearlessly reply in any assembly.<br \/>\nKural 726<\/p>\n<p>What can a coward do with a sword?<br \/>\nWhat can a man who fears an astute council do with books?<br \/>\nKural 727<\/p>\n<p>The learning of those who fearfully face an audience<br \/>\nis like the shining saber of effeminate men facing foes.<br \/>\nKural 728<\/p>\n<p>Having learned many things, men remain useless<br \/>\nif they cannot speak well in good assemblies.<br \/>\nKural 729<\/p>\n<p>Literary men intimidated by gatherings of good men<br \/>\nare said to be inferior to the illiterate.<br \/>\nKural 730<\/p>\n<p>Men whose fear of assemblies forbids them to share<br \/>\ntheir knowledge, though living, may as well be dead.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kural 721 Unsullied men, skilled in discourse, may speak unfalteringly before the powerful, provided they understand their audience. Kural 722 Only the learned among learned can convincingly express what they have learned before a learned assembly. Kural 723 Men who can brave death on the battlefield are common; but rare are they who can face an audience without fear. Kural 724 Speak confidently before the learned what you have mastered; and learn from those more learned what you do not know. Kural 725 Study the science of logic in order that you may fearlessly reply in any assembly. Kural 726 <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4863,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5449","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tirukural","has_thumb"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5449"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5449\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5449"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5449"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5449"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}