Dhammapada · 21.15
Dūre santo pakāsenti, himavantova pabbato;Asantettha na dissanti, rattiṃ khittā yathā sarā.
Dure santo pakasenti, himavantova pabbato; Asantettha na dissanti, rattim khitta yatha sara.
The good shine forth from afar, like the Himalayan mountain. The wicked, even when present, are not seen — like arrows shot at night.
— Dhammapada 21.15
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.