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Nandraangaal Nallavaak Kaanpavar AndraangaalAllar Patuva Thevan?

When good things come, men view them all as gain;When evils come, why then should they complain

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How is it that those, who are pleased with good fortune, trouble themselves when evil comes, (since both are equally the decree of fate) ?