The Jataka, Volume I, tr. by Robert Chalmers, [1895], at sacred-texts.com
No. 101.
PAROSATA-JĀTAKA.
Far better than a hundred fools, though they
Think hard a hundred years unceasingly,
Is one who, hearing, straightway understands.
Think hard a hundred years unceasingly,
Is one who, hearing, straightway understands.
[411] This story is in all respects analogous to the Parosahassa-Jātaka (No. 99), with the sole difference that 'think hard' is read here.