
“1814. Always tell the Truth : where it is not loved, it is respected and feared.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
Remark to Mukhtiyar Bhimsen Thapa in Nepali Times http://nepalitimes.com/news.php?id=3344#.WZ2zbhnA7qA
Context: He did not succeed in 1814-16 war with the British, but the Thapas love him nonetheless because he tried so hard to control those pesky imperialists, overseeing military battles and negotiating treaties himself while trying to beat down Hodgson.
“1814. Always tell the Truth : where it is not loved, it is respected and feared.”
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
"Living the Mandate", p. 36
Unfinished Pilgrimage (1995)
“Him did Galatia dare to provoke to war in lusty pride.”
Hunc Galatea vigens ausa est incessere bello.
iv, line 76 (tr. J. H. Mozley)
Silvae, Book I