Evaṃ bho purisa jānāhi:

pāpadhammā asaññatā.

Mā taṃ lobho adhammo ca

ciraṃ dukkhāya randhayuṃ.

Listen

Know this, O good one:

evil things are difficult to control.

Let not greed and wickedness

drag you to protracted misery.

Dhammapada 18.248

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

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