"Senses out of control suffice to bring one to grief, as untrained and disobedient horses bring a driver to grief on the road. A fool who, guided by his senses, sees profit arising from the unprofitable and the unprofitable from profit mistakes misery for happiness."
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Mahābhārata 5(51)34:58, as translated by J. A. B. van Buitenen, p. 264
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