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A KINDLY LOOK
What use is a melody in an unmusical song?
What use are eyes which express no kindness?
Other than a facial appearance, what do eyes
With no quality of kindness really do?
A kindly look is the ornament of the eyes.
Without kindness the eyes are two unsightly sores.
Tirukkural 58: 573-575
Excerpted from the Tirukkural
translated by Satguru Sivaya Subramuniyaswami
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