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The way to punish wrongdoers is to shame them with kindness and let the wrong pass
Drawn from what Thiruvalluvar said
What Thiruvalluvar actually said
- Thiruvalluvar Tamil poet traditionally credited as the author of the Tirukkural
To punish wrong, with kindly benefits the doers ply; Thus shame their souls; but pass the ill unheeded by.
Where this was said
↗Tirukkural (tr. G. U. Pope, 1886)projectmadurai.org
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