The Fools - Dhammapada

Long is the night to the sleepless;
long is the league to the weary.
Long is the worldly existence to fools,
who know not the Sumlime Truth.

Should a seeker not find
a companion who is betteror equal,
let him resolutely pursue a solitary course;
there is no fellowship with the fool.

The fool worries, thinking,
"I have sons, I have wealth."
Indeed, when he himself is not his own,
whence are sons, whence is wealth?

A fool who knows his foolishness
is wise at least to that extent,
but a fool who think himself wise
is called a fool indeed.

Though all his life a fool associate
with a wise man,
he no more comprehends
the Truth
Than a spoon tastes the flavour of the soup.

Though only for a moment
a discerning person associates
with a wise man,
quickly he comprehends the Truth,
just as the tongue tastes
the flavour of the soup.

Fools of little wit are enemies
unto themselves as they move about
doing evil deeds
the fruits of which are bitter.

I'll done is that action doing
which one repents later,
and the fruit of which one,
weeping, reaps with tears.