Trained mules are excellent,
and so are thoroughbred horses from the Sindh,
and so are great battle elephants,
but more excellent than them all
is a disciplined man.
— Gautama Buddha,
Dhammapada, v. 322
Standard translation
[370-Dhp322S]
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