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Hindu literature : Comprising The Book of good counsels, Nala and Damayanti, The Ramayana, and Sakoontala

Creator: Anonymous, Dutt, Toru, 1856-1877, Kalidasa, Valmiki
Translator: Arnold, Edwin, Sir, 1832-1904, Griffiths, R. T. H., Monier-Williams, Monier, Sir, 1819-1899
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"Wise men, holding wisdom highest, scorn delights, as false as fair, Daily live they as Death's fingers twined already in their hair. Truly, richer than all riches, better than the best of gain, Wisdom is, unbought, secure--once won, none loseth her again. Bringing dark things into daylight, solving doubts that vex the mind, Like an open eye is Wisdom--he that hath her not is blind." Hearing these the King became disquieted, knowing that his own sons were gaining no wisdom, nor reading the Sacred Writings,[2] but altogether going in the wrong way; and he repeated this verse to himself-- "Childless art thou? dead thy children? leaving thee to want and dool? Less thy misery than his is, who is father to a fool." And again this-- "One wise son makes glad his father, forty fools avail him not:-- One moon silvers all that darkness which the silly stars did dot." "And it has been said," reflected he-- "Ease and health, obeisant children, wisdom, and a fair-voiced wife--
Beaumont & Fletcher\'s Works (1 of 10) - the Custom of the Country

THE CUSTOM OF THE COUNTRY. * * * * * Persons Represented in the Play. Count Clodio, _Governour and a dishonourable pursuer of_ Zenocia. Manuel du Sosa, _Governour of_ Lisbon, _and Brother to_ Guiomar. Arnoldo, _A Gentleman contracted to_ Zenocia. Rutilio, _A merry Gentleman Brother to_ Arnoldo. Charino, _Father to_ Zenocia. Duarte, _Son to_ Guiomar, _a Gentleman well qualified but vain glorious_. Alonzo, _a young_ Portugal _Gentleman, enemy to_ Duarte. Leopold, _a Sea Captain Enamour'd on_ Hippolyta. Zabulon, _a_ Jew, _servant to_ Hippolyta. Jaques, _servant to_ Sulpitia. Doctor. Chirurgion. Officers. Guard. Page.
Thus, great King! are counted up the five felicities of life. For the son the sire is honored; though the bow-cane bendeth true, Let the strained string crack in using, and what service shall it do?" "Nevertheless," mused the King, "I know it is urged that human efforts are useless: as, for instance-- "That which will not be, will not be--and what is to be, will be:-- Why not drink this easy physic, antidote of misery?" "But then that comes from idleness, with people who will not do what they should do. Rather, "Nay! and faint not, idly sighing, 'Destiny is mightiest,' Sesamum holds oil in plenty, but it yieldeth none unpressed. Ah! it is the Coward's babble, 'Fortune taketh, Fortune gave;' Fortune! rate her like a master, and she serves thee like a slave." "For indeed, "Twofold is the life we live in--Fate and Will together run:-- Two wheels bear life's chariot onward--will it move on only one?" "And "Look! the clay dries into iron, but the potter moulds the clay:--