Dutiyavohārapathasutta

Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.228

Numbered Discourses 4.228

23. Duccaritavagga

23. Bad Conduct

Dutiyavohārapathasutta

Kinds of Expression (2nd)

…pe… Diṭṭhe adiṭṭhavādī hoti, sute asutavādī hoti, mute amutavādī hoti, viññāte aviññātavādī hoti …pe… diṭṭhe diṭṭhavādī hoti, sute sutavādī hoti, mute mutavādī hoti, viññāte viññātavādī hoti …pe….

“A foolish person … brims with much wickedness. … They say they haven’t seen, heard, thought, or known something, but they have. … An astute person … brims with much merit. … They say they’ve seen, heard, thought, or known something, and they have. …”

Aṭṭhamaṁ.