The Kural or the Maxims of Tiruvalluvar/Chapter 12
CHAPTER 12
UPRIGHTNESS OF HEART
111. The just and the fair that giveth each man his due whether he is friend or foe, that is the good : nought else.
112. The prosperity of the just groweth not less : it endureth even unto their remotest posterity.
113. Though nought but profit come of it, touch not the wealth that cometh by deviating from the right.
114. The righteous and the unrighteous are known by their offspring.
115. Evil and good come unto all : but an upright heart is the glory of the wise.
116. When thy heart swerveth from the right and turneth unto evil, know that thy destruction is near at hand.
117. The world looketh not down on the poverty of the upright and virtuous man.
118. Behold the weighing beam, for it is straight in itself and weigheth justly : the glory of the wise is to be like unto it and to incline neither to this side nor to that.
119. Behold the man who swerveth not at all from the right in his own mind : the upright speech of his lips is a judgment.
120. Behold the business man that looketh after the interests of others as his own : his business will expand.
