Uṭṭhānako analaso,

Āpadāsu na vedhati,

Acchinnavutti medhāvī,

Tādiso labhate yasaṃ.

Listen

Who is energetic and not indolent,

In misfortune unshaken,

Flawless in manner and intelligent,

Such a one to honour may attain.

Dīgha Nikāya 3.273

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Everyman's Ethics: Four Discourses by the Buddha (WH 14), translated by Narada Thera

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