Dhammapada · 10.2

Sabbe tasanti daṇḍassa, sabbesaṃ jīvitaṃ piyaṃ;Attānaṃ upamaṃ katvā, na haneyya na ghātaye.

Sabbe tasanti dandassa, sabbesam jivitam piyam; Attanam upamam katva, na haneyya na ghataye.

All tremble at the rod; to all, life is dear. Comparing others to oneself, one should neither kill nor cause to kill.

— Dhammapada 10.2

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.