Thiruvalluvar

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What Wikipedia says

Thiruvalluvar (commonly known as Valluvar) was an Indian Tamil poet and philosopher. He is best known as the author of the Tirukkuṟaḷ, a collection of couplets on ethics, political and economic matters, and love. The text is considered an exceptional and widely cherished work of Tamil literature.

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