Succajjātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (1) · Vol. 27 · Section 578

[578] Alas! he is reckoned as not relinquishing what was easy to relinquish, in not giving the mountain by word; in his relinquishing nothing whatever, he is reckoned as not giving the mountain by word.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.