 | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1902 - 232 pages
...personal necessities ; " love her tenderly and fulfil all her desires as long as " thou hast thy life, for she is an estate which conferreth " great reward upon her lord. Be not harsh to her, for " she will be more easily moved by persuasion than by "force; take thou heed to that... | |
 | James Baikie - 1908 - 472 pages
...personal necessities ; love her tenderly and fulfil all her desires as long as thou hast thy life, for she is an estate which conferreth great reward upon her lord. ... If thou resistest her will it is ruin.' The following, however, is better : ' If thou hast become... | |
 | William Graham Sumner - 1911 - 420 pages
...personal necessities. Love her tenderly and fulfill all her desires as long as thou hast thy life, for she is an estate which conferreth great reward upon her lord. Be not harsh to her, for she will be more easily moved by persuasion than by force. Take thou heed to that... | |
 | Catherine Gasquoine Hartley - 1913 - 430 pages
...was the traditional advice given to the husband. To this effect runs the precept of Petah Hotep 2— "If thou wouldst be a wise man, rule thy house and...is an estate which conferreth great reward upon her lord.3 Be not hard to her, for she will be more easily moved by persuasion than by force. Observe what... | |
 | Robert Briffault - 1927 - 814 pages
...thy wife and do not quarrel with her. Feed her, clothe her, anoint her. Caress her, and fulfil all her desires as long as thou livest, for she is an estate which brings much profit. Observe what she wisheth, and that after which her mind runneth; for thus shalt... | |
 | Mary Burt Messer - 1928 - 396 pages
...man," says Petah Hotep, a high official (3360 BC), evidently addressing such a one by way of guidance, "rule thy house and love thy wife wholly and constantly....as long as thou livest, for she is an estate which confers great reward upon her lord." To which he adds — with a growing instinct of expediency and... | |
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Love her tenderly and fulfill all her desires as long as thou hast thy life, for she is an estate which conferreth great reward upon her lord. Be not harsh to her, for she will be more easily moved by per-suasion than by force. Take thou heed to that... 