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Dhammapada 63

Dhammapada 63

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Pāli

63

Yo bālo maññati bālyaṃ,
paṇḍito vāpi tena so;
Bālo ca paṇḍitamānī,
sa ve “bālo”ti vuccati.

The fool who knows his foolishness, is wise at least so far. But a fool who thinks himself wise, he is called a fool indeed.

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

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