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Ilanennum Evvam Uraiyaamai EedhalKulanutaiyaan Kanne Yula

'I've nought' is ne'er the high-born man's reply;He gives to those who raise themselves that cry

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(Even in a low state) not to adopt the mean expedient of saying "I have nothing," but to give, is the characteristic of the mad of noble birth