One’s character depends upon his education and inheritance!



The way a person dresses,
…the way he behaves,
the way he misuses the words,
…the way in which he scolds others

are the said four activities
…which depend on his position,
education, his virtuous capacity
and his genetic inheritance.
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Submitted on August 23, 2014

Modified on March 28, 2023

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Scheme XXXX XXXX
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 232
Words 40
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4

Kanniappan Kanniappan

I am a doctor and Ophthalmologist. I retired as Professor of Ophthalmology from Government service, Tamil Nadu, South India. I published poems in Tamil in eluthu.com; And English poems and translations of a few ThirukkuRaL, NaanmaNik katikai and naalatiyaar of Tamil literature in poemhunter.com. more…

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