Even though a speech be a thousand (of words), but made up of senseless words, one word of sense is better, which if a man hears, he becomes quiet.

Dhammapada · Verse 100

Sanskrit: public domain · English tr. F. Max Müller (public domain)

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One true, useful word is worth more than a thousand empty ones.

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