1. Long is the night to the sleepless 🌘; long is the league of weary 🥱. Long is the worldly existence to the fools who know not the Sublime Truth.
2. Should a seeker 🔎 not ❌ find a companion who is better or equal, let him resolutely pursue a solitary course ☝️; there is no fellowship with the fool.
3. The fool worries, thinking, “I have sons 👶, I have wealth 💴.” Indeed, when he himself is not his own 💔, whence are sons, whence is wealth?
4. A fool who knows his foolishness is wise at least to that extent 🧠, but a fool who thinks himself wise is a fool 🤡 indeed.
5. Though all of his life a fool associates with a wise man, he 🔴 no more comprehends the Truth than a spoon 🥄 tastes the flavor of the soup.
6. Though only for a moment a discerning person associates with a wise man, quickly he comprehends the Truth, just as the tongue 👅 tastes the flavor 🍜 of the soup.
7. Fools of little 🤏 with 🧠 are enemies unto themselves ⚔️ as they move about doing evil 😈 deeds, the fruits of which are bitter 🤢.
8. Ill done is that action 🤺 of doing which one repents later ↩️, and the fruit of which one, weeping, reaps with tears 😭.
9. Well done is that action of doing which one repents not later, and the fruit of which one, reaps with delight 🫶 and happiness 🤗.
10. So long as an evil deed has not ripened ☑️, the fool thinks it as sweet as honey.
11. Month after month 📆 a food may eat his food with the tip of a blade of grass 😑, but he still is not worth a sixteenth part of those who have comprehended 🤲 the Truth 🕊️.
12. Truly, an evil deed committed does not immediately ⏳ bear fruit, like milk 🐮 that does not turn sour all at once. But smoldering, it follows 🏃 the fool 🤡 like fire covered by ashes.
13. To his own ruin ❌ the fool gains knowledge 👓, for it cleaves ⛓️ his head and destroys his innate goodness.
14. The fool 🤡 seeks undeserved reputation, precedence among monks, authority over monasteries , and honor among householders.
15. “Let both laymen and monks think that it was done by me. In every work, great and small, let them follow me” - such is the ambition of the fool 🤡; thus his desire and pride increase.
16. One is the quest 🛣️ for worldly gain 🤑, and quite another is the path to Nibbana 🕊️. Clearly understanding this, let not the monk, the disciple of the Buddha, be carried away by worldly acclaim 🥇, but develop detachment instead 🤲.

The Dhammapada (CH05 The Fool): 60-69

The Dhammapada (CH05 The Fool): 70-75