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Tirrukural, the - Book 2 from Character
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Tirrukural, the - Book 2 from Character
981. All virtues are said to be natural to those
Who acquire character as a duty.
982. To the wise the only worth
Is character, naught else.
983. The pillars of excellence are five-love, modesty,
Altruism, compassion, truthfulness.
984. The core of penance is not killing,
Of goodness not speaking slander….
988. Poverty is no disgrace.
To one with strength of character.
989. Seas may whelm, but men of character
Will stand like the shore.
990. If the great fail in nobility, the earth
Will bear us no more.