[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Literature, language and dating](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature) › [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927) › v2.c19.s3.t1.152 # A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.152 A History of Indian Literature v2.c19.s3.t1.152 - **Language:** English ### [v2.c19.s3.t1.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.152) Humour, too, is not lacking in the parables, when, for instance, it is said in Majjh. 126 : If one fills a trough with sand and water, however much one may twirl and stir it about, one will never obtain sesame-oil; however zealously one attempts to milk a cow by its horn, one will never obtain milk, and so on; in the same way, a monk will never reach the goal if he does not endeavour to do so in the right manner. - [Previous: v2.c19.s3.t1.151](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.151) - [Next: v2.c19.s3.t1.153](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.153) - [Up: v2.c19.s3.t1](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1) ## Cites (1) - [Majjhimanikāya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.bauddha.theravada.sp.majjhima) — Pāli --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.152](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v2.c19.s3.t1.152) · Pramāṇa