Dhammapada · 26.26
Akakkasaṃ viññāpaniṃ, giraṃ saccamudīraye;Yāya nābhisaje kañci, tamahaṃ brūmi brāhmaṇaṃ.
Akakkasam vinnapanim, giram saccamudiraye; Yaya nabhisaje kanci, tamaham brumi brahmanam.
The one who speaks truth, with words sweet and instructive, not giving offense to anyone — him I call a brahmin.
— Dhammapada 26.26
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.