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About Thiruvalluvar
Thiruvalluvar was a Tamil poet-saint known as the author of the Tirukkural (βSacred Coupletsβ), considered a masterpiece of human thought, compared in India and abroad to the Bible, John Milton's Paradise Lost, and the works of Plato. Thiruvalluvar is thought to have lived sometime between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century BC.
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βHow can kindliness rule that man
Who eateth other flesh to increase his own?β
Who eateth other flesh to increase his own?β
βReal kindness seeks no return;
What return can the world make to rain clouds?β
What return can the world make to rain clouds?β
βThe worth of a wife is a manβs good fortune;
His jewels are his good children.β
His jewels are his good children.β
βThey who in trouble untroubled are
Will trouble trouble itself.β
Will trouble trouble itself.β
βHow can he practice true compassion
Who eats the flesh of an animal to fatten his own flesh?β
Who eats the flesh of an animal to fatten his own flesh?β
βThe crow does not hide its prey, but calls for others to share it;
So wealth will be with those of a like disposition.β
So wealth will be with those of a like disposition.β
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Thiruvalluvar on Charity 3 quotes
βTo give to the needy alone is charity. All the rest is investment for a return.β
About Thiruvalluvar
Thiruvalluvar was a Tamil poet-saint known as the author of the Tirukkural (βSacred Coupletsβ), considered a masterpiece of human thought, compared in India and abroad to the Bible, John Milton's Paradise Lost, and the works of Plato. Thiruvalluvar is thought to have lived sometime between the 3rd century BC and the 1st century BC.