The Jataka (Volume I)

Far better than a hundred fools, though they

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.

= No. 99. A brahmin dies and states his spiritual attainments in a formula which only one of his pupils understands.