Na tena paṇḍito hoti

yāvatā bahu bhāsati.

Khemī, averī abhayo

‘‘paṇḍito’’ti pavuccati.

Listen

One is not wise

because one speaks much.

One who is peaceable, friendly and fearless

is called "wise".

Dhammapada 19.258

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The Dhammapada: The Buddha's Path of Wisdom, translated from Pāli by Acharya Buddharakkhita

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