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Only a spotless mind counts as virtue; everything else is empty show
Drawn from what Thiruvalluvar said
What Thiruvalluvar actually said
- Thiruvalluvar Tamil poet traditionally credited as the author of the Tirukkural
Spotless be thou in mind! This only merits virtue's name; All else, mere pomp of idle sound, no real worth can claim.
Where this was said
↗Tirukkural (tr. G. U. Pope, 1886)projectmadurai.org
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