Amenemope (author)

The Instruction of Amenemope

 * 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