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... wise , he is learned in the Scriptures , he is virtuous , eloquent , beautiful . All the virtues attach themselves to gold . 42. A king is ruined through evil counsellors : an ascetic through society : a child by spoiling : a priest by ...
... wise , he is learned in the Scriptures , he is virtuous , eloquent , beautiful . All the virtues attach themselves to gold . 42. A king is ruined through evil counsellors : an ascetic through society : a child by spoiling : a priest by ...
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... wise is soft as a lotus flower in prosperity , but in adversity it is as firm as a mountain rock . 67. Water will not remain on hot iron , but standing on a lotus leaf it shines with the beauty of a pearl ; and if a drop of water fall ...
... wise is soft as a lotus flower in prosperity , but in adversity it is as firm as a mountain rock . 67. Water will not remain on hot iron , but standing on a lotus leaf it shines with the beauty of a pearl ; and if a drop of water fall ...
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... wise ) are the marks of a worthy friend . 73. The sun opens the lotuses ; the moon illuminates the beds of water - lilies ; the cloud pours forth its water unasked : even so the liberal of their own accord are occupied in benefiting ...
... wise ) are the marks of a worthy friend . 73. The sun opens the lotuses ; the moon illuminates the beds of water - lilies ; the cloud pours forth its water unasked : even so the liberal of their own accord are occupied in benefiting ...
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... wise , be reconciled even with enemies , conceal your own virtues , guard your good name , show pity for the unfortu- nate these are the acts of the good . 78. How many noble men are there whose thoughts , words , and deeds are , as it ...
... wise , be reconciled even with enemies , conceal your own virtues , guard your good name , show pity for the unfortu- nate these are the acts of the good . 78. How many noble men are there whose thoughts , words , and deeds are , as it ...
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... wise man who gives heed to all things . 90. A bald - headed man was scorched by the rays of the sun on his head , and seeking a shady place , went , under the guidance of fate , to the foot of a palm tree . While resting there , the ...
... wise man who gives heed to all things . 90. A bald - headed man was scorched by the rays of the sun on his head , and seeking a shady place , went , under the guidance of fate , to the foot of a palm tree . While resting there , the ...
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ascetic Author Bengal Bhartrihari Book Buddhist C. M. Ingleby Cambridge Chinese cloth College Compiled containing Crown 8vo Demy 8vo desire DICTIONARY earth Edward Edwin Arnold elephant English and Foreign enlarged ESSAYS evil F. W. Newman Fcap Foreign Philosophical Library French gained Geology German GRAMMAR Henry Hindu History Illustrations Imperial Index India Introduction James John John Dowson king LANGUAGE late Lectures Literature live LL.D London Max Müller mind Modern Müller Nîti Notes Original Oxford paper Ph.D PHILOSOPHY Plates pleasure Poems POETRY Post 8vo Post free Professor of Sanskrit RALPH T. H. GRIFFITH RELIGION Revised Royal 8vo Samuel Butler Sanskrit Second Edition sewed Śiva sloka Small 4to Society Svarga Telang Text Third Edition Thomas thou tion Translated Trübner's Collection Trübner's Oriental Series University Vairagya Verse viii virtues Vocabulary volume W. R. Greg W. W. Hunter William wise words wrapper