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The sages are like me (Kagemeni) – the sages of ancient Egypt:
His wisdom was found in the Papyrus of Bris, and this wise man lived in the time of the Third Dynasty and the beginning of the fourth contemporary of King Senefru, but the Papyrus of Bris was written in hieratic of the 12th dynasty, also known as “Mimi”, although Egyptian references remember that Kagemeni was another person who lived in the Sixth Dynasty and was a minister and prophet of King Teti.
Texts of the advice of the wise as an assumption:
“If you sit in a breath, then when his appetite is over… And if you drink with a drunkard, share it when that’s enough. »
“Don’t rely on meat in the presence of… And if he gives you something, take it and don’t reject it, he likes it. »
« If someone is not familiar with the ten, there is nothing to say, that he frowns at those who are good to him, and he is a calamity for his mother and friends, and everyone says of him: his mouth can not speak when someone speaks to him. »
“Do not boast of your strength among those of your age, and pay attention to every human being, even yourself, we do not know what will happen, or what God will do when his punishment falls.”
“The minister then called his children after finishing his article on the rules of conduct and conditions of the human being, as he knew them himself, and told them, ‘Listen and understand everything I mentioned in this book according to what I shot,’ and then they broke a prostration on their stomachs, read it according to what is written, and they had in their hearts better than anything else in the whole country, and they followed what he said. »
Texts of the advice of the sages as an assumption:
- Take the path of righteousness so that God’s wrath does not fall upon you.
- Be careful to be stubborn in the fight, and then you owe God’s punishment.
- A son who denies beauty mourns his parents.
- When a person is an expert in the conditions of his world, it is easy for him to set a good example for his offspring.
- The lack of morals is dull and vilified.
- If you are invited to a feast and receive food that you desire, do not take it so that people do not consider you bad, if a dose of water irrigates thirst and a bite of bread destroys the body.
- Record these tips and respect them be happy and keep the good reputation among people.
