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Dhammapada · Chapter 5: The Fool

Dhammapada 5.69

translated from Pāli by F. Max Müller, 1881

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.

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