अकृतप्रेमैव वरं न पुन: संजातविघटितप्रेमा
उध्दृतनयनस्ताम्यति यथा हि न तथेह जातान्ध:

akṛtapremaiva varaṃ na puna: saṃjātavighaṭitapremā
udhdṛtanayanastāmyati yathā hi na tatheha jātāndha:

Better never to have loved, than to break a love that's grown; as one born blind is tortured less, than one whose eyes are gouged.

Mahaasubhaasitasamgraha, pg. 176, 95