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Kural 959
குடிமை
Nobility
நிலத்தில் கிடந்தமை கால்காட்டும் காட்டும்
குலத்தில் பிறந்தார்வாய்ச் சொல்.
Nilaththil Kitandhamai Kaalkaattum Kaattum / Kulaththil Pirandhaarvaaich Chol
English
Soil's nature is seen in sprout The worth of birth from words flow out
— Of soil the plants that spring thereout will show the worth:The words they speak declare the men of noble birth
As the sprout indicates the nature of the soil, (so) the speech of the noble indicates (that of one's birth)