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Dhammapada · 18.8

Malitthiyā duccaritaṃ, maccheraṃ dadato malaṃ;Malā ve pāpakā dhammā, asmiṃ loke paramhi ca.

Malitthiya duccaritam, maccheram dadato malam; Mala ve papaka dhamma, asmim loke paramhi ca.

Misconduct is the tarnish of a woman; stinginess the tarnish of a giver. Evil mental states indeed are tarnishes — in this world and in the next.

— Dhammapada 18.8

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.

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