Kusajātaka

Suttapiṭaka · Khuddakanikāya · Jātaka (2) · Vol. 28 · Section 98

[98] When a man gains one who is dear — whether that one loves him not or loves him — we praise the gain in this; the failure to gain in that is evil.

English translation from the Pali (Siam Raṭṭha edition) — under review, not for citation.