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Today · Thirukkural · verse 1189 · Love
பசக்கமன் பட்டாங்கென் மேனி நயப்பித்தார் நன்னிலையர் ஆவர் எனின்.
pasakkaman pattaangen meni nayappittaar / nannilaiyar aavar enin.
If those who cherish the body grown green and pallid with longing are to be called blessed, then let it be so. Yet that withering is not virtue—only the waste of oneself on what cannot be held.
The lover's wasting away is often celebrated as proof of devotion, but the Stoic sees in it only the mind's surrender to externals. True nobility lies not in being consumed by desire, but in remaining whole and intact, whatever the state of the heart.
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