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Dhammapada 152

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Pāli

152

Appassutāyaṃ puriso,
balībaddhova jīrati;
Maṃsāni tassa vaḍḍhanti,
paññā tassa na vaḍḍhati.

A man who has learnt little, grows old like an ox; his flesh grows, but his knowledge does not grow.

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

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