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# Tirukkural 121

*Restraint lifts one high; lack of restraint throws one anywhere.*

அடக்கம் அமரருள் உய்க்கும் அடங்காமை ஆரிடத்து உய்த்து விடும்.

*atakkam amararul uykkum atangamai aridattu uyttu vidum.*

Restraint lifts one high; lack of restraint throws one anywhere.

Self-control as mental hygiene — same family as yama and as emotion regulation, not as humiliation of a panic attack.

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