Kural 981<\/p>\n
It is said that all good things are natural to those
\nwho know their duty and walk the path of perfect goodness.
\nKural 982<\/p>\n
Perfect men hold as good their own good character.
\nThey count no other goodness so genuinely good.
\nKural 983<\/p>\n
Love, modesty, propriety, a kindly eye and truthfulness–
\nthese are the five pillars on which perfect goodness rests.
\nKural 984<\/p>\n
Penance is the goodness that refrains utterly from killing.
\nPerfection is the goodness that refuses to utter others’ faults.
\nKural 985<\/p>\n
Humility is the strength of the strong
\nand the instrument the wise use to reform their foes.
\nKural 986<\/p>\n
The touchstone of perfect character is
\naccepting with dignity defeat from one’s inferiors.
\nKural 987<\/p>\n
Of what gain is perfect goodness if it does not do good to all,
\neven to those who have done painful things to others?
\nKural 988<\/p>\n
Deprived of all else, one remains undisgraced
\nif still endowed with strength of character.
\nKural 989<\/p>\n
Destiny’s last days may surge with oceanic change,
\nyet perfectly good men remain, like the shore, unchanged.
\nKural 990<\/p>\n
Should the perfect virtue of perfect men ever diminish,
\nthis mighty Earth would bear our burdensome weight no more.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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