Dhammapada · Verse 25

Cūḷapanthakavatthu

Pali

Uṭṭhānenappamādena,
saṁyamena damena ca;
Dīpaṁ kayirātha medhāvī,
yaṁ ogho nābhikīrati.

English

By hard work and diligence,
by restraint and by self-control,
a smart person would build an island
that the floods cannot overflow.

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