Verse 70.
Month after month a fool may eat his food with the tip of a blade of grass, but he still is not worth a sixteenth part of the those who have comprehended the Truth.
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mase mase kusaggena balo bhunjetha bhojanam na so sankhatadhammanam kalam agghati solasim
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Verse 69.
So long as an evil deed has not ripened, the fool thinks it as sweet as honey. But when the evil deed ripens, the fool comes to grief.
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madhu’va maññati balo yava papam na paccati yada ca paccati papam atha balo dukkham nigacchati
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Verse 68.
Well done is that action of doing which one repents not later, and the fruit of which one reaps with delight and happiness.
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tanca kammam katam sadhu yam katva nanutappati yassa patito sumano vipakam patisevati
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Verse 67.
Ill done is that action of doing which one repents later, and the fruit of which one, weeping, reaps with tears.
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na tam kammam katam sadhu yam katva anutappati yassa assumukho rodam vipakam patisevati
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Verse 66.
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Fools of little wit are enemies unto themselves as they move about doing evil deeds, the fruits of which are bitter.
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caranti bala dummedha amitten’eva attana karonta papakam kammam yam hoti katukapphalam
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Verse 65.
Though only for a moment a discerning person associates with a wise man, quickly he comprehends the Truth, just as the tongue tastes the flavor of the soup.
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muhuttamapi ce viññu panditam payirupasati khippam dhammam vijanati jivha suparasam yatha
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Verse 64.
Though all his life a fool associates with a wise man, he no more comprehends the Truth than a spoon tastes the flavor of the soup.
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yavajivam pi ce balo panditam payirupasati na so dhammam vijanati dabbi suparasam yatha
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Verse 63.
A fool who knows his foolishness is wise at least to that extent, but a fool who thinks himself wise is a fool indeed.
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yo balo maññati balyam pandito vapi tena so balo ca panditamani sa ve balo’ti vuccati
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Verse 62.
The fool worries, thinking, "I have sons, I have wealth." Indeed, when he himself is not his own, whence are sons, whence is wealth?
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putta m’atthi dhanamm’atthi iti balo vihaññati atta hi attano nathi kuto putta kuto dhanam
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Vers 61.
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carance nadhigaccheyya seyyam sadisamattano ekacariyam dalham kayira natthi bale sahayata
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