Dhammapada · 21.1

Mattāsukhapariccāgā, passe ce vipulaṃ sukhaṃ;Caje mattāsukhaṃ dhīro, sampassaṃ vipulaṃ sukhaṃ.

Mattasukhapariccaga, passe ce vipulam sukham; Caje mattasukham dhiro, sampassam vipulam sukham.

If by giving up a small happiness one can see a vast happiness, let the wise abandon the small for the sake of the vast.

— Dhammapada 21.1

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.