Polity (பொருட்பால்) — Civil (குடியியல்) — Nobility (குடிமை)

Kural 951:
இற்பிறந்தார் கண்அல்லது இல்லை இயல்பாகச்
செப்பமும் நாணும் ஒருங்கு.
iRpiRandhaar kaN-alladhu illai iyalpaakach
cheppamum naaNum orungu
English couplet:
Save in the scions of a noble house, you never find
Instinctive sense of right and virtuous shame combined.
Explanation: Consistency (of thought, word and deed) and fear (of sin) are conjointly natural only to the high-born.

Kural 952:
ஒழுக்கமும் வாய்மையும் நாணும்இம் மூன்றும்
இழுக்கார் குடிப்பிறந் தார்.
ozhukkamum vaaimaiyum naaNum-im moondrum
izhukkaar kutippiRanh thaar
English couplet:
In these three things the men of noble birth fail not:
In virtuous deed and truthful word, and chastened thought.
Explanation: The high-born will never deviate from these three; good manners, truthfulness and modestyThe high-born will never deviate from these three; good manners, truthfulness and modesty.

Kural 953:
நகைஈகை இன்சொல் இகழாமை நான்கும்
வகையென்ப வாய்மைக் குடிக்கு.
nakaieekai insol ikazhaamai naankum
vakaiyenpa vaaimaik kutikku
English couplet:
The smile, the gift, the pleasant word, unfailing courtesy
These are the signs, they say, of true nobility.
Explanation: A cheerful countenance, liberality, pleasant words, and an unreviling disposition, these four are said to be the proper qualities of the truly high-born.

Kural 954:
அடுக்கிய கோடி பெறினும் குடிப்பிறந்தார்
குன்றுவ செய்தல் இலர்.
atukkiya koati peRinum kutippiRandhaar
kundruva seydhal ilar
English couplet:
Millions on millions piled would never win
The men of noble race to soul-degrading sin.
Explanation: Though blessed with immense wealth, the noble will never do anything unbecoming.

Kural 955:
வழங்குவ துள்வீழ்ந்தக் கண்ணும் பழங்குடி
பண்பில் தலைப்பிரிதல் இன்று.
vazhanguva thuLveezhndhak kaNNum pazhanguti
paNpil thalaippiridhal indru
English couplet:
Though stores for charity should fail within, the ancient race
Will never lose its old ancestral grace.
Explanation: Though their means fall off, those born in ancient families, will not lose their character (for liberality).

Kural 956:
சலம்பற்றிச் சால்பில செய்யார்மா சற்ற
குலம்பற்றி வாழ்தும்என் பார்.
salampatrich chaalpila seyyaarmaa satra
kulampatri vaazhdhum-en paar
English couplet:
Whose minds are set to live as fits their sire's unspotted fame,
Stooping to low deceit, commit no deeds that gender shame.
Explanation: Those who seek to preserve the irreproachable honour of their families will not viciously do what is detrimental thereto.

Kural 957:
குடிப்பிறந்தார் கண்விளங்கும் குற்றம் விசும்பின்
மதிக்கண் மறுப்போல் உயர்ந்து.
kutippiRandhaar kaNviLangum kutram visumpin
madhikkaN maRuppoal uyarndhu
English couplet:
The faults of men of noble race are seen by every eye,
As spots on her bright orb that walks sublime the evening sky.
Explanation: The defects of the noble will be observed as clearly as the dark spots in the moon.

Kural 958:
நலத்தின்கண் நாரின்மை தோன்றின் அவனைக்
குலத்தின்கண் ஐயப் படும்.
nalaththin-kaN naarinmai thoandrin avanaik
kulaththin-kaN aiyap patum
English couplet:
If lack of love appear in those who bear some goodly name,
'Twill make men doubt the ancestry they claim.
Explanation: If one of a good family betrays want of affection, his descent from it will be called in question.

Kural 959:
நிலத்தில் கிடந்தமை கால்காட்டும் காட்டும்
குலத்தில் பிறந்தார்வாய்ச் சொல்.
nilaththil kidandhamai kaalkaattum kaattum
kulaththil piRandhaarvaaich chol
English couplet:
Of soil the plants that spring thereout will show the worth:
The words they speak declare the men of noble birth.
Explanation: As the sprout indicates the nature of the soil, (so) the speech of the noble indicates (that of one's birth).

Kural 960:
நலம்வேண்டின் நாணுடைமை வேண்டும் குலம்வேண்டின்
வேண்டுக யார்க்கும் பணிவு.
nalamvaeNtin naaNutaimai vaeNtum kulamvaeNtin
vaeNtuka yaarkkum paNivu
English couplet:
Who seek for good the grace of virtuous shame must know;
Who seek for noble name to all must reverence show.
Explanation: He who desires a good name must desire modesty; and he who desires (the continuance of) a family greatness must be submissive to all.