{"id":7527,"date":"2017-10-25T05:00:33","date_gmt":"2017-10-25T02:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/?p=7527"},"modified":"2017-08-01T17:30:52","modified_gmt":"2017-08-01T14:30:52","slug":"tirukural-chapter-87-the-merits-of-enmity-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/tirukural\/tirukural-chapter-87-the-merits-of-enmity-2","title":{"rendered":"Tirukural.Chapter 87: The Merits of Enmity."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4879 alignleft\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" data-layzr=\"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/Bez-nazvaniya.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" \/>Kural 861<\/p>\n<p>Rein in antagonism against the strong,<br \/>\nbut unleash animosity against feeble adversaries.<br \/>\nKural 862<\/p>\n<p>How can an unloving man, with neither powerful allies<br \/>\nnor the strength to stand alone, overcome mighty enemies?<br \/>\nKural 863<\/p>\n<p>He who is fearful, ignorant, unfriendly and uncharitable<br \/>\nproves an easy prey to his enemies.<br \/>\nKural 864<\/p>\n<p>Letting go of his secrets but not his antipathy,<br \/>\na man becomes easy prey to anyone, anywhere, anytime.<br \/>\nKural 865<\/p>\n<p>Without character, conscience, piety and propriety,<br \/>\na man may yet be delightful&#8211;to his enemies!<br \/>\nKural 866<\/p>\n<p>Even hatred can be a welcome thing, when it comes from<br \/>\nscoundrels seized by blind rage and indulgent lust.<br \/>\nKural 867<\/p>\n<p>Some men undertake a task, then undermine it unawares.<br \/>\nAcquire their hatred&#8211;indeed, pay good money for it.<br \/>\nKural 868<\/p>\n<p>If a man has no virtues and many vices, he will surely have<br \/>\nno allies, and this will be his enemies&#8217; surest advantage.<br \/>\nKural 869<\/p>\n<p>Finding that his foe is ignorant and afraid to fight,<br \/>\nthe attacker&#8217;s cheerfulness cannot forsake him.<br \/>\nKural 870<\/p>\n<p>Fame will flee the grasp of one who fails to grasp<br \/>\nthe wealth of an enemy who is angry and unlearned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>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 stand alone, overcome mighty enemies? Kural 863 He who is fearful, ignorant, unfriendly and uncharitable proves an easy prey to his enemies. Kural 864 Letting go of his secrets but not his antipathy, a man becomes easy prey to anyone, anywhere, anytime. Kural 865 Without character, conscience, piety and propriety, a man may yet be delightful&#8211;to his enemies! Kural 866 Even hatred can be a welcome thing, when it comes from <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4879,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7527","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\/7527","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=7527"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7527\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4879"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7527"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7527"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7527"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}