← Aṅguttara NikāyaAN4.107Numbered Discourses 4.107SuttaCentral (Bhikkhu Sujato translation)Select any verse to keep it — saved passages go to your Dhamma Deck, the same one the app uses.Numbered Discourses 4.10711. CloudsMice“Mendicants, there are these four kinds of mice.What four?One makes a hole but doesn’t live in it,one lives in a hole but doesn’t make it,one neither makes a hole nor lives in it, andone both makes a hole and lives in it.These are the four kinds of mice.In the same way, these four people similar to mice are found in the world.What four?One makes a hole but doesn’t live in it,one lives in a hole but doesn’t make it,one neither makes a hole nor lives in it, andone both makes a hole and lives in it.And how does a person make a hole but not live in it?It’s when a person memorizes the teaching—statements, mixed prose & verse, discussions, verses, inspired exclamations, legends, stories of past lives, amazing stories, and elaborations.But they don’t really understand: ‘This is suffering’ … ‘This is the origin of suffering’ … ‘This is the cessation of suffering’ … ‘This is the practice that leads to the cessation of suffering’.That’s how a person makes a hole but doesn’t live in it.That person is like a mouse that makes a hole but doesn’t live in it, I say.And how does a person live in a hole but not make it?It’s when a person doesn’t memorize the teaching …But they really understand: ‘This is suffering’ …And how does a person neither make a hole nor live in it?It’s when a person doesn’t memorize the teaching …Nor do they really understand: ‘This is suffering’ …And how does a person both make a hole and live in it?It’s when a person memorizes the teaching …And they really understand: ‘This is suffering’ …These four people similar to mice are found in the world.”