Friedrich Muller
Friedrich Muller
furious hold holds hook mind mine rider shall wandering
This mind of mine went formerly wandering about as it liked, as it listed, as it pleased; but I shall now hold it in thoroughly, as the rider who holds the hook holds in the furious elephant.
call cut desires difficult free leave leaving people pleasures strong wise
That fetter wise people call strong which drags down, yields, but is difficult to undo; after having cut this at last, people leave the world, free from cares, and leaving desires and pleasures behind.
listened wise
Wise people, after they have listened to the laws, become serene, like a deep, smooth, and still lake.
enjoyment occasion whatever
If an occasion arises, friends are pleasant; enjoyment is pleasant, whatever be the cause.
companion lives man overcoming prudent walks
If a man find a prudent companion who walks with him, is wise, and lives soberly, he may walk with him, overcoming all dangers, happy, but considerate.
freedom obtained quiet thus true word
His thought is quiet, quiet are his word and deed, when he has obtained freedom by true knowledge, when he has thus become a quiet man.
man wealthy whatever
Whatever place a faithful, virtuous, celebrated, and wealthy man chooses, there he is respected.
drinks happily law lives preached rejoices sage serene
He who drinks in the law lives happily with a serene mind: the sage rejoices always in the law, as preached by the elect.
full himself idle lazy man though time whose
He who does not rouse himself when it is time to rise, who, though young and strong, is full of sloth, whose will and thought are weak, that lazy and idle man will never find the way to knowledge.
great leave leaving man pleasure sees small wise
If by leaving a small pleasure one sees a great pleasure, let a wise man leave the small pleasure, and look to the great.
destroy destroys foolish pleasures thirst
Pleasures destroy the foolish, if they look not for the other shore; the foolish by his thirst for pleasures destroys himself, as if he were his own enemy.
abuse arrow battle elephant endure endures sent shall
Silently shall I endure abuse as the elephant in battle endures the arrow sent from the bow: for the world is ill-natured.
bad beloved forbid
Let him admonish, let him teach, let him forbid what is improper!he will be beloved of the good, by the bad he will be hated.
commit elephant few man walk
Let a man walk alone, let him commit no sin, with few wishes, like an elephant in the forest.