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Dhammapada · Chapter 1: The Twin-Verses

Dhammapada 1.17

translated from Pāli by F. Max Müller, 1881

The evil-doer suffers in this world, and he suffers in the next; he suffers in both. He suffers when he thinks of the evil he has done; he suffers more when going on the evil path.

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