Chapter 96: Nobility<\/p>\n
Kural 951<\/p>\n
An innate sense of right and shying away from wrong
\nare found together only in the nobly born.
\nKural 952<\/p>\n
Men of noble birth will never fall away from these three:
\ncorrect conduct, truthfulness and modesty.
\nKural 953<\/p>\n
Four traits define the true gentleman: a smiling face,
\na generous hand, a courteous demeanor and kindly words.
\nKural 954<\/p>\n
Though millions upon millions could be gained by it,
\nmen nobly born would never commit a demeaning deed.
\nKural 955<\/p>\n
Though their means of charitableness may be cut off,
\nvenerable families will never be severed from propriety.
\nKural 956<\/p>\n
Those committed to their family’s flawless fame
\ndare not commit deceitful, dishonorable deeds.
\nKural 957<\/p>\n
In high-born men, blemishes are clearly seen,
\njust as the moon’s elevation makes it more visible.
\nKural 958<\/p>\n
When a man with good background lacks loving affection,
\ndoubts arise whether he arose from that family.
\nKural 959<\/p>\n
The nature of a soil is known by the seedlings it sprouts.
\nThe nature of a man’s family is known by the words he speaks.
\nKural 960<\/p>\n
Those desiring greatness must desire modesty. Those seeking
\ntheir family’s honor must seek to be respectful to all.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chapter 96: Nobility Kural 951 An innate sense of right and shying away from wrong are found together only in the nobly born. Kural 952 Men of noble birth will never fall away from these three: correct conduct, truthfulness and modesty. Kural 953 Four traits define the true gentleman: a smiling face, a generous hand, a courteous demeanor and kindly words. Kural 954 Though millions upon millions could be gained by it, men nobly born would never commit a demeaning deed. Kural 955 Though their means of charitableness may be cut off, venerable families will never be severed from propriety. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4905,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7545","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\/7545","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=7545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.revers-sun.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}