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Thunniyaar Kutramum Thootrum MarapinaarEnnaikol Edhilaar Maattu

Whose nature bids them faults of closest friends proclaimWhat mercy will they show to other men's good name

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What will those not do to strangers whose nature leads them to publish abroad the faults of their intimate friends ?