Tittirajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 117

[117] Speech raised too high, too forceful, uttered beyond the proper time, slays the one of poor wisdom — as [it slew] the partridge that cried out too loudly. The Tittira Jātaka, the seventh. ___________ 8. The Vaṭṭaka Jātaka

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.