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Kural 1060
இரவு
Mendicancy
இரப்பான் வெகுளாமை வேண்டும் நிரப்பிடும்பை
தானேயும் சாலும் கரி.
Irappaan Vekulaamai Ventum Nirappitumpai / Thaaneyum Saalum Kari
English
The needy should not scowl at \"No\" His need another's need must show * Saint valluvar talks of two kinds of Asking:() Asking help for public causes or enterprises () Begging when one is able to work and this is condemned
— Askers refused from wrath must stand aloof;The plague of poverty itself is ample proof
He who begs ought not to be angry (at a refusal); for even the misery of (his own) poverty should be a sufficient reason (for so doing)