Aṅguttara Nikāya 4.227
Translators: sujato
Numbered Discourses 4.227
23. Duccaritavagga
23. Bad Conduct
Paṭhamavohārapathasutta
Kinds of Expression (1st)
…pe… Adiṭṭhe diṭṭhavādī hoti, asute sutavādī hoti, amute mutavādī hoti, aviññāte viññātavādī hoti …pe… adiṭṭhe adiṭṭhavādī hoti, asute asutavādī hoti, amute amutavādī hoti, aviññāte aviññātavādī hoti …pe….
“A foolish person … creates much wickedness. … They say they’ve seen, heard, thought, or known something, but they haven’t. … An astute person … creates much merit. … They say they haven’t seen, heard, thought, or known something, and they haven’t. …”
Sattamaṁ.