LORD BUDDHAS TEACHING - DHAMMAPADAYA
BALA WAGGYA (5:5)
PALI:

YAVAJIVAM PI CE BALO
PANDITAM PAYIRUPASATI
NA SO DHAMMAM VIJANATI
DABBI SUPARASAM YATHA. 

MEANING:
Though all through life the pool
might wait upon the wise
no more the Dhamma can he sense
than spoon the taste of soup.