Dhammapada · 13.8

Andhabhūto ayaṃ loko, tanukettha vipassati;Sakuṇo jālamuttova, appo saggāya gacchati.

Andhabhuto ayam loko, tanukettha vipassati; Sakuno jalamuttova, appo saggaya gacchati.

This world has become blind — few here see clearly. Like a bird escaped from a net, few go to a higher rebirth.

— Dhammapada 13.8

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.