 | James Baikie - 1908 - 472 pages
...husband towards his wife shows a prudent, but scarcely an exalted, view of marital relationships : ' If thou wouldst be wise, rule thy house, and love...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... | |
 | British Museum. Department of Greek and Roman Antiquities - 1908 - 1060 pages
...constantly. Feed her and clothe her, love "her tenderly, and fulfil her desires as long as thou livest, for " she is an estate which conferreth great reward upon her lord. " Be not hard to her, for she will be more easily moved by " persuasion than by force. Observe what she wisheth,... | |
 | William Graham Sumner - 1911 - 420 pages
...the service of religion.7 In the Precepts of Ptah-hotep, which date from about 2600 BC, it is said: "If thou wouldst be wise, rule thy house and love...are her 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... | |
 | Georgia Bar Association - 1914 - 390 pages
...constantly. Feed her and clothe her, love her tenderly, and fulfil her desires as long as thou livest, for she is an estate which conferreth great reward upon her lord. Be not hard to her, for she will be more easily moved by persuasion than by force. Observe what she wisheth... | |
 | Sir Ernest Alfred Wallis Budge - 1914 - 316 pages
...constantly. Feed her and clothe her, love her tenderly, and fulfil her desires as long as thou livest, for she is an estate which conferreth great reward upon her lord. Be not hard to her, for she will be more easily moved by persuasion than by force. Observe what she wisheth,... | |
 | Bishara Nahas - 2002 - 120 pages
...constantly. Feed her and clothe her, love her tenderly, and fulfil her desires as long as thou livest, for she is an estate which conferreth great reward upon her lord. Be not hard to her, for she will be more easily moved by persuasion than by force." Individual names in Egypt... | |
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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. 