Dhammapada 5.4.63
Dhammapadaṭṭhakathā 5.4.63
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5.4.63
‘‘Yo bālo maññati bālyaṃ, paṇḍito vāpi tena so;
Bālo ca paṇḍitamānī, sa ve ‘bālo’ti vuccatī’’ti.
63. The fool who thinks he is a fool is for that very reason a wise man;
But the fool who thinks he is a wise man is rightly called a fool.
Translations (1)
- Buddhist Legends (Harvard Oriental Series 28–30) — Eugene Watson Burlingame 1921, English