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Pāli

380

Attā hi attano nātho
(Ko hi nātho paro siyā)
Attā hi attano gati
Tasmā saṃyamam attānaṃ
Assaṃ bhadraṃ va vāṇijo.

For self is the lord of self, self is the refuge of self; therefore curb thyself as the merchant curbs a good horse.
[372. Cf. Beal, Catena, p. 247.

Friedrich Max Müller 1881, The Dhammapada (Sacred Books of the East 10.1)

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