குறள் 957

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Ottaarpin Sendroruvan Vaazhdhala?n AnnilaiyeKettaan Enappatudhal Nandru

Better 'twere said, 'He's perished!' than to gainThe means to live, following in foeman's train

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It is better for a man to be said of him that he died in his usual state than that he eked out his life by following those who disgraced him