"By giving Thiruvalluvar to the world, the Tamil nation has touched the sky in fame " -- S u b r a m a n y a     B h a r a t h i

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After understanding through study and after explaining to others (the worth of the good of the world) the one who remains uncontrolled himself, there is no greater fool.


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What is the use of education and learning if one does not bow down to the feet of the Lord who is the essence of all wisdom!


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The study and learning one has done in a birth will be of avail even in the seven subsequent births


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The ones that desire to board the raft of procrastination, forgetfulness, laziness and  too much sleep are the ones who desire devastation.


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The bad that has accrued to one's family and one's virility will be removed when one has conquered laziness.


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Like how the flower in the pond grows only upto the water level (its stalk doesn't grow higher) so also one grows as high as the mind thinks.


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Difficulties and obstacles that come like a flood will be destroyed when a wise man thinks keenly about it.


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