Kural 961<\/p>\n
Shun any actions that will diminish honor,
\neven if they are vital for the preservation of life.
\nKural 962<\/p>\n
Those who honorably pursue glory never act ingloriously,
\neven if glorious fame is to be gained.
\nKural 963<\/p>\n
Cultivate modesty in the midst of good fortune,
\nbut in times of adversity preserve your dignity.
\nKural 964<\/p>\n
Honorable men fallen from high status
\nare like useless hair fallen from the head.
\nKural 965<\/p>\n
Unworthy acts, though mustard-seed small, will bring down
\na man, though he towers like a mountain.
\nKural 966<\/p>\n
It offers neither Earth’s renown nor Heaven’s refuge,
\nso why do men run after and stand by those who revile them?
\nKural 967<\/p>\n
Better to die right where you stand, the saying goes,
\nthan to live running after those who despise you.
\nKural 968<\/p>\n
Will any medicine preserve the body of the high-born man
\nwhose honor has already perished?
\nKural 969<\/p>\n
Shorn of its hair, the yak will refuse to live.
\nSuch men do exist who prefer death to the loss of honor.
\nKural 970<\/p>\n
The world will extol and exalt honorable men
\nwho exult in death rather than endure dishonor.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Kural 961 Shun any actions that will diminish honor, even if they are vital for the preservation of life. Kural 962 Those who honorably pursue glory never act ingloriously, even if glorious fame is to be gained. Kural 963 Cultivate modesty in the midst of good fortune, but in times of adversity preserve your dignity. Kural 964 Honorable men fallen from high status are like useless hair fallen from the head. Kural 965 Unworthy acts, though mustard-seed small, will bring down a man, though he towers like a mountain. Kural 966 It offers neither Earth’s renown nor Heaven’s refuge, so <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4902,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5838","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\/5838","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=5838"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5838\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}