And all the people answered thus: "Full well is Rama known to us. Right is the word he speaks and he Is faithful to his sire's decree: Nor can we rashly venture now To turn him from his purposed vow."Ramayana 2.546 · Ramayana · 2
Ramayana 2.546
Ramayana · translated by Ralph T.H. Griffith
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For what if some did not believe? shall their unbelief make the faith of God without effect?Romans 3:3 · Bible · Romans
And when it is said unto them: believe as the people believe, they say: shall we believe as the foolish believe? are not they indeed the foolish? But they know not.Quran 2:13 · Quran · The Cow
Whatever place a faithful, virtuous, celebrated, and wealthy man chooses, there he is respected.Dhp 21.303 · Dhammapada · Miscellaneous
In the highest antiquity, (the people) did not know that there were (their rulers). In the next age they loved them and praised them. In the next they feared them; in the next they despised them. Thus it was that when faith (in the Tao) was deficient (in the rulers) a want of faith in them ensued (in the people).Tao Te Ching 17.1 · Tao Te Ching
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