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Dhammapada 64

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Pāli

64

Yāvajīvampi ce bālo,
paṇḍitaṃ payirupāsati;
Na so dhammaṃ vijānāti,
dabbī sūparasaṃ yathā.

If a fool be associated with a wise man even all his life, he will perceive the truth as little as a spoon perceives the taste of soup.

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

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