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Dhammapada
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100-102*100:

    Better
than if there were thousands
of meaningless words is
    one
    meaningful
    word
that on hearing
brings peace.

    Better
than if there were thousands
of meaningless verses is
    one
    meaningful
    verse
that on hearing
brings peace.

And better than chanting hundreds
of meaningless verses is
    one
    Dhamma-saying
that on hearing
brings peace.

 



100: According to DhpA, the word sahassam in this and the following verses means "by the thousands" rather than "a thousand." The same principle would also seem to hold for satam -- "by the hundreds" rather than "a hundred" -- in 102.





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