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Dhammapada 26

Dhammapada 26

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Pāli

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Pamādamanuyuñjanti,
bālā dummedhino janā;
Appamādañca medhāvī,
dhanaṃ seṭṭhaṃva rakkhati.

Fools follow after vanity, men of evil wisdom. The wise man keeps earnestness as his best jewel.

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

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