Dhammapada · 18.7

Asajjhāyamalā mantā, anuṭṭhānamalā gharā;Malaṃ vaṇṇassa kosajjaṃ, pamādo rakkhato malaṃ.

Asajjhayamala manta, anutthanamala ghara; Malam vannassa kosajjam, pamado rakkhato malam.

Chants are tarnished by non-recitation; houses by non-tending; beauty by sloth; the guard by heedlessness.

— Dhammapada 18.7

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.