[47] "Bhikkhus, there are these four things extremely far apart from one another. What four? The sky and the earth: this, bhikkhus, is the first pair extremely far apart. The near shore of the ocean and the far shore: this, bhikkhus, is the second pair extremely far apart. The place from which the sun rises and the place where it sets: this, bhikkhus, is the third pair extremely far apart. The dhamma of the good and the dhamma of the bad: this is the fourth pair extremely far apart. These, bhikkhus, are the four things extremely far apart from one another.
The sky is far, and the earth is far;
the far shore of the ocean, they say, is far;
and from where the sun, the radiant one, rises
to where the maker of light goes to its setting —
farther still than these, they say,
is the dhamma of the good from the dhamma of the bad.
The association of the good does not decay;
for as long as it may endure, just so it remains;
but the association of the bad quickly fades away.
Therefore the dhammas of the good are far from the bad."
English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.