四十二章經 1.11

1.11

佛言：「惡人害賢者，猶仰天而唾，唾不污天，還污己身；逆風坋人，塵不污彼，還坋于身。賢者不可毀，禍必滅己也。」

The Buddha said: "An evil person harming a worthy one is like looking up at the sky and spitting; the spit does not defile the sky, but returns to defile one's own person. It is like scattering dust against the wind; the dust does not defile the other, but returns to cover one's own person. A worthy one cannot be destroyed, and misfortune will surely destroy oneself."