குறள் 304

நகையும் உவகையும் கொல்லும் சினத்தின்
பகையும் உளவோ பிற.                                                              

Stanza:

Is there a foe more fell than wrath
Which kills laughter and love?

Meaning:

Is there a greater enemy than anger, which kills both laughter and joy?

குறள் 305

தன்னைத்தான் காக்கின் சினங்காக்க காவாக்கால்
தன்னையே கொல்லுஞ் சினம்.

Stanza:

Keep wrath at bay if you guard yourself;
Unchecked it kills.

Meaning:                                                                                                

If a man woud guard himself, let him guard against anger; if he do not guard it, anger will kill him.

குறள் 306

சினமென்னும் சேர்ந்தாரைக் கொல்லி இனமென்னும்
ஏமப் புணையைச் சுடும்.                                                             

Stanza:

Wrath is a fire which kills near and far
Burning both kinsmen and life’s boat.

Meaning:

The fire of anger will burn up the pleasant raft of friendship.

குறள் 307

சினத்தைப் பொருளென்று கொண்டவன் கேடு
நிலத்தறைந்தான் கைபிழையா தற்று.                                

Stanza:

A wrathful man’s ruin is as hurtful and sure
At the earth struck with one’s hand.

Meaning:

Destruction will come upon him who regards anger as a good thing, as surely as the hand of him who strikes the ground will not fail.

குறள் 308

இணர்எரி தோய்வன்ன இன்னா செயினும்
புணரின் வெகுளாமை நன்று.                                                   

Stanza:

It is better to curb one’s wrath
Even against blazing affront.

Meaning:

Though one commit things against you as painful (to bear) as if a bundle of fire had been thrust upon you, if it be possible not to be angry, it will be well.

குறள் 309

உள்ளிய தெல்லாம் உடனெய்தும் உள்ளத்தால்
உள்ளான் வெகுளி எனின்.                                                         

Stanza:

All things desired are his at once
Whose mind is free of wrath?

Meaning:

If a man never indulges anger in his heart he will at once obtain all he has thought of.

குறள் 310

இறந்தார் இறந்தார் அனையர் சினத்தைத்
துறந்தார் துறந்தார் துணை.                                                      

Stanza:

Temper in temperate is death,
Wrath given up renunciation.

Meaning:

Those, who give way to excessive anger, are no better than dead men, but those, who are freed from anger, are equal to those who are freed (from death).