Amenemope (author)
Ancient Egyptian writer
Quotes
edit- Translated by Miriam Lichtheim
- Beginning of the teaching for life,
The instructions for well-being . . .
Knowing how to answer one who speaks,
To reply to one who sends a message.- Prologue
- The truly silent, who keep apart,
He is like a tree grown in a meadow.
It greens, it doubles its yield,
It stands in front of its lord.
Its fruit is sweet, its shade delightful,
Its end comes in the garden.- ch. 4
- Do not move the markers on the border of the fields.
- ch. 6
- Do not set your heart on wealth . . .
Do not strain to seek increases,
What you have, let it suffice you.
If riches come to you by theft,
They will not stay the night with you . . .
They made themselves wings like geese,
And flew away to the sky.- ch. 7