Dhp 26

Dhammapadaṃ, 2. Appamādavaggo (Carefulness), Verse 26

pamādamanuyuñjanti | bālā dummedhino janā ||
appamādañca medhāvī | dhanaṃ seṭṭhaṃva rakkhati || 26 ||

1)

26. Fools follow after vanity, men of evil wisdom.
      The wise man keeps earnestness as his best jewel.

-- Translation by F. Max Müller from The Dhammapada, p. 10,
     Vol. X of The Sacred Books of the East, 1881

2)

26. Fools, stupid people, apply themselves to carelessness,
       but a wise man guards his carefulness as his best treasure.

-- Translation by K.R. Norman from The Word of the Doctrine, p. 4,
    The Pali Text Society, 2000

-- posted on the day of the Full Moon, September 4, 2009