Vepacittisutta

Suttapiṭaka · Saṁyuttanikāya · Sagāthāvaggasaṁyutta · Vol. 15 · Section 874

[874] [Mātali:] "It is just this fault in forbearance (titikkhā) that I see, O Vāsava: when the fool thinks of him, 'This one endures me out of fear,' the witless one bears down upon him all the more, as a bull does all the more upon one who flees."

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.