And he who lives a hundred years, not seeing beginning and end, a life of one day is better if a man sees beginning and end.
Dhammapada
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- Dhammapada, verse 113; translated by F. Max Müller (1881); Exact wording and attribution checked. Buddhist wisdom contrasting the length of life with insight into arising and passing away.
- Dhammapada, verse 113; translated by F. Max Müller (1881)
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