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Solvanakkam Onnaarkan Kollarka VilvanakkamTheengu Kuriththamai Yaan

To pliant speech from hostile lips give thou no ear;'Tis pliant bow that show the deadly peril near

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Since the bending of the bow bespeaks evil, one should not accept (as good) the humiliating speeches of one's foes