 | Ralph Waldo Emerson, Margaret Fuller, George Ripley - 1843
...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 - 125 pągines
...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 - 331 pągines
...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 - 32 pągines
...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
...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 (Lawgiver), Kullūkabhaṭṭa - 1869 - 340 pągines
...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 - 528 pągines
...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
...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
...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 - 620 pągines
...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... 
