[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Studies](https://indike.org/pramana/ins) › [Polity, law and society](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity) › [The World of Courtesans](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973) › c10.9 # The World of Courtesans c10.9 The World of Courtesans c10.9 - **Language:** English ### [c10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.9) \*Which, as you know, is friend to every youth;\* \*Remember, you are common as the flower\* \*That grows beside the road; in bitter truth,\* \*Your body has its price; your beauty's dower\* \*Is his, who pays the market's current rate:\* \*Then serve the man you love, and him you hate.\* (Ryder, \*I. 31.\*) - [Previous: c10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.8) - [Next: c10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.10) - [Up: c10](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10) --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.polity.chandra-1973.c10.9) · Pramāṇa