Just as the hand that strikes the ground cannot fail, So is the ruin certain of him who cherishes anger.
ATTRIBUTION:
Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.), Tamil sage, poet. repr. Calcutta, Y.M.C.A. Publishing House (1958). The Sacred Kural, translated from the Tirukkural of Tiruvalluvar by H.A. Popley, vs. XXXI.7 (1931).
Legends say that the author was either a Jain monk or a Hindu outcaste priest.
