Dhammapada

Pakinnakavagga ⧸ Gāthā 290

Mattāsukhapariccāgā passe ce vipulaṃ sukhaṃ
Caje mattāsukhaṃ dhīro sampassaṃ vipulaṃ sukhaṃ

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Miscellaneous ⧸ Verse 290

If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.
English translation by Max Müller, from The Sacred Books of the East (1881).

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