Dhammapada · Verse 323

Hatthācariyapubbakabhikkhuvatthu

Pali

Na hi etehi yānehi,
gaccheyya agataṁ disaṁ;
Yathāttanā sudantena,
danto dantena gacchati.

English

For not on those mounts
would you go to the untrodden place,
whereas, with the help of one <j>whose self is well tamed,
you go there, tamed by the tamed.

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