Dhammapada · Verse 85

Dhammassavanattheravatthu

Pali

Appakā te manussesu,
ye janā pāragāmino;
Athāyaṁ itarā pajā,
tīramevānudhāvati.

English

Few are those among humans
who cross to the far shore.
The rest just run around
on the near shore.

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