Though, for a moment only,

Muhuttamapi ce viññū, paṇḍitaṃ payirupāsati;

Khippaṃ dhammaṃ vijānāti, jivhā sūparasaṃ yathā.

Though, for a moment only, an intelligent person associates with a wise man,

speedily he learns the Truth as the tongue the flavour of the soup.

Dhammapada, 65.