 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, George Ripley - 1843 - 564 pàgines
...definition of pleasure and of pain." As for the Brahmin who keeps house, — " Let him say what is true, but let him say what is pleasing; let him speak no disagreeable...nor let him speak agreeable falsehood : this is a primeval rule." "Let him say 'well and good,' or let him say 'well' only ; but let him not maintain... | |
 | Thomas Low Nichols - 1855 - 138 pàgines
...definition of pleasure and of pain. As for the Brahmin who keeps house — Let him say what is true, but let him say what is pleasing ; let him speak no disagreeable...nor let him speak agreeable falsehood : this is a primeval rule. Let him say ' well and good,' or let him say ' well ' only ; but let him not maintain... | |
 | Mrs. John B. Speid - 1862 - 374 pàgines
...strict than that of Menu, who thus lays down the rule for Brahmans : " Let him say what is true, but let him say what is pleasing; let him speak no disagreeable...nor let him speak agreeable falsehood : this is a primeval rule." However, " to keep the balance true," he gives a more severe law of self-abnegation... | |
 | Dadabhai Naoroji - 1866 - 58 pàgines
...is the following clauses in the Institutes of Menu. Chap. iv., 138. " Let him say what ia true, but let him say what is pleasing; let him speak no disagreeable...truth, nor let him speak agreeable falsehood. This is a primeval rule." 139. " Let him say ' well and good', or let him say ' well' only; but let him not maintain... | |
 | 1867 - 528 pàgines
...let him not in return be angry; abused, let him speak mildly (6, 47). Let him say what is true, but let him say what is pleasing ; let him speak no disagreeable truth, nor let him speak agreeable falsehood (4, 138 if.). Though oppressed by penury, in consequence of his righteous dealings, let him never give... | |
 | Manu, Graves Champney Haughton - 1869 - 366 pàgines
...purified when it has been denied by inadmissible persons, p. 59, ss. 183191 Let him say what is true, but let him say what is pleasing. Let him speak no disagreeable truth, nor speak agreeable falsehood, p. 84, s. 138 Who connects himself with the best and highest of men, avoiding... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1871 - 548 pàgines
...which are strictly prescribed by law, except in times of distress. " Let him say what is true, but let him say what is pleasing ; let him speak no disagreeable...nor let him speak agreeable falsehood ; this is a primeval rule. " Let him say 'well and good,' or let him say ' well' only ; hut let him not maintain... | |
 | James Freeman Clarke - 1872 - 554 pàgines
...which are strictly prescribed by law, except in times of distress. " Let him say what is true, but let him say what is pleasing ; let him speak no disagreeable...nor let him speak agreeable falsehood ; this is a primeval rule. " Let him say ' well and good,' or let him say ' well ' only ; but let him not maintain... | |
 | De Robigne Mortimer Bennett - 1880 - 980 pàgines
...law, except in times of distress. Let him say what is true, but let him say what is pleasing ; lot him speak no disagreeable truth, nor let him speak agreeable falsehood ; this is a primeval rule. Let him say " well and good," or let him say " well " only ; but let him nojt ""untnin... | |
 | Manu (Lawgiver) - 1886 - 768 pàgines
...on account of former failures ; until death let him seek fortune, nor despair of gaining it. 1 38. Let him say what is true, let him say what is pleasing, let him utter no disagreeable truth, and let him utter no agreeable falsehood ; that is the eternal law. animal,'... | |
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Let him say what is true, but let him say what is pleasing ; let him speak no disagreeable truth, nor let him speak agreeable falsehood ; this is a primeval rule. " Let him say ' well and good,' or let him say ' well ' only ; but let him not maintain... 
