The Patna Dharmapada 27

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14 Dhp21
apramādo amatapadaṃ pramādo maccuno padaṃ |
apramattā na mrīyanti ye pramattā yathā matā ||

14 Dhp 21 / Heedfulness is the state of the deathless; heedlessness is the state of death. / The heedful do not die; those who are heedless are as if dead already.