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Using harsh words when kind ones are at hand is like choosing unripe fruit over ripe
Drawn from what Thiruvalluvar said
What Thiruvalluvar actually said
- Thiruvalluvar Tamil poet traditionally credited as the author of the Tirukkural
When pleasant words are easy, bitter words to use, Is, leaving sweet ripe fruit, the sour unripe to choose.
Where this was said
↗Tirukkural (tr. G. U. Pope, 1886)projectmadurai.org
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