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Ozhukkam Vizhuppan Tharalaan OzhukkamUyirinum Ompap Patum

'Decorum' gives especial excellence; with greater care'Decorum' should men guard than life, which all men share

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Propriety of conduct leads to eminence, it should therefore be preserved more carefully than life