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Dhammapada 69

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Pāli

69

Madhuṃvā maññati bālo,
yāva pāpaṃ na paccati;
Yadā ca paccati pāpaṃ,
atha dukkhaṃ nigacchati.

As long as the evil deed done does not bear fruit, the fool thinks it is like honey; but when it ripens, then the fool suffers grief.

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

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