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Today · Thirukkural · verse 621 · Mindset
இடுக்கண் வருங்கால் நகுக அதனை அடுத்தூர்வது அஃதொப்ப தில்.
Idukkan varum-kaal nakuka atanai / Adutthoorvathu ahtoppa thil.
When hardship arrives, laugh at it. To press toward it afterward is not your way.
The Stoic does not rehearse suffering before it comes, nor does he reach for it once it has passed—he meets the present trial with an unmoved spirit, expressed here as laughter, the refusal to grant it dominion over his mind.
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