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Pukazhpata Vaazhaadhaar Thannovaar ThammaiIkazhvaarai Novadhu Evan?

If you your days will spend devoid of goodly fame,When men despise, why blame them? You've yourself to blame

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Why do those who cannot live with praise, grieve those who despise them, instead of grieving themselves for their own inability