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Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.227 Numbered Discourses 4.227
23. Duccaritavagga 23. Bad Conduct
Paṭhamavohārapathasutta Kinds of Expression (1st)
…pe… Adiṭṭhe diṭṭhavādī hoti, asute sutavādī hoti, amute mutavādī hoti, aviññāte viññātavādī hoti …pe… adiṭṭhe adiṭṭhavādī hoti, asute asutavādī hoti, amute amutavādī hoti, aviññāte aviññātavādī hoti …pe…. “A foolish person … brims with much wickedness. … They say they’ve seen, heard, thought, or known something, but they haven’t. … An astute person … brims with much merit. … They say they haven’t seen, heard, thought, or known something, and they haven’t. …”
Sattamaṁ.