1.16.FORTITUDE

1.As land tolerates diggers

great does ridiculous.

2.Pardoning infinite harms good

forgetting betters it

3.Poorest poor deny guests

great bears idiots.

4.To be determined preserve

Patience for ever

5.Impatients, disregarded but tolerants

prized as gold.

6.Intolerants enjoy a day

others for ever.

7.Though others did unbearable

better evade unrighteousness.

8.Succeed those impolite prides

by condoning nobility.

9.Bearing acrimomious words, pure

of the renounced.

10.Fasting ritualist, second best

bearing worthless words

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Dedicated to Thiruvalluvar(31B.C), the author in Tamil

Translated by S.Kandasamy, MUSIRI, TAMILNADU, INDIA

Published in cosmofunnel.com on 6-12-13