Dhammapada · 10.1

Sabbe tasanti daṇḍassa, sabbe bhāyanti maccuno;Attānaṃ upamaṃ katvā, na haneyya na ghātaye.

Sabbe tasanti dandassa, sabbe bhayanti maccuno; Attanam upamam katva, na haneyya na ghataye.

All beings tremble at the rod; all fear death. Comparing others to oneself, one should neither kill nor cause to kill.

— Dhammapada 10.1

Source: Pali text from the Khuddaka Nikāya of the Pali Canon (oldest extant Buddhist scripture, compiled c. 3rd century BCE). Public-domain English readings drawn from F. Max Müller's translation in Sacred Books of the East, Vol X (1881) and the Buddhist Publication Society's freely-licensed Acharya Buddharakkhita rendering.