Dhammapada · Verse 227

Atulaupāsakavatthu

Pali

Porāṇametaṁ atula,
netaṁ ajjatanāmiva;
Nindanti tuṇhimāsīnaṁ,
nindanti bahubhāṇinaṁ;
Mitabhāṇimpi nindanti,
natthi loke anindito.

English

It’s always been this way, Atula,
it’s not just today.
They blame you when you’re silent,
they blame you when you speak a lot,
and even when you speak just right:
no one in the world escapes blame.

License: English CC0 (Bhikkhu Sujato); Pali public domain. Source: SuttaCentral (sc-data).