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Thirukkural

The Tamil saint-poet Thiru Valluvar, who is popularly believed to have lived in the first century BCE, created a body of work that is still sung. His famed Thirukkural, enshrined in 1330 couplets in 133 chapters of ten couplets each, takes the form of pearls of aphoristic wisdom on how to live one's life in a righteous fashion. The concluding verse contains lines from the Tamil poet Kaniyan Poonkundran's "Purananuru" (poem 192).

Anpilaar ellaam thamakuriyar anpudayaar Enpum utiyar pirarkku. (Chapter 8 "Loving Kindness" 72nd Kural)

The loveless only belong to themselves, for those that love their very bones belong to others.

Innah seitharai oruththal avar naana Nannayam seithu vidal. (Chapter 32 "Non-violence" 314th Kural)

If somebody has done something to you, humble them with a good response.

Yaathum uure

Everywhere is home

Yaavarum kezhir

Everybody is a relative