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Wisdom and Human Relationships
Humanity
God has created Humans with the tears of His eyes. Ostracon Cairo 25207
God has provided a sanctuary for humans. When they cry He listens. Merikare
Mankind, the flock of God, is well provided for. He has created Heaven and Earth for their hearts, He has driven off the dangerous creature that lives in the water, He has created breath that their noses may breathe, They are in His image, issuing from His body. He rises in the heavens for them, He has created plants, cattle, poultry and fish to feed them, But He has exterminated His enemies and punished their children Because they had thought of rebelling against Him. Merikare
Do not join a crowd that you meet when it has gathered to fight. Keep away from rebels. Ani
May mankind perish so that silence can return to the earth and the clamor cease. Ipu-Or
The Ancient Ones
Keep to the teaching of the Ancients, t o those who came before you. Their words are lost in their books. Open them, Read and copy their knowledge, Since only a being who knows how to learn becomes skilful. Merikare
Mothers
Words are spoken by the mother, mistress of Heaven, Queen of all the Gods: She gives life, stability and prosperity as her gifts. Abu Simbel, Temple of Nefertari
Your mother is Heaven. She stretches out over you. You enter through her mouth, You leave between her thighs like the sun every day. Sarcophagus of Ankh-Nefe-Ib-Re
Give back in abundance the bread that your mother gave you. Support her as she supported you. She did plenty for you who were a burden to her, Without saying: ‘Don’t bother me any more.’ For three years she suckled you, And her heart did not sink at your excrement. She sent you to school each day so that you could learn to write, And each day she watched over you. Ani
Parents and Family
Pour out the water of libation for your father and mother Who rest in the valley of death. The Gods will bear witness to this just act. Ani
The family of the just will be reunited in the hereafter: Father, mother, friends, companions, children, wife and servants And all his wealth and goods. This has been shown to be true millions of times. Texts of the Sarcophagi, Ch.146
Woman A woman with a happy heart brings equilibrium. Ptah-Hotep
If a woman is at peace with her husband, things will never go wrong. Ankh-Sheshonk
The woman who looks after the house well is an irreplaceable treasure. Insinger Papyrus
Do not exercise control over your wife in her house when well you know how efficient she is. Do not say to her: ‘Where’s that thing gone? Go and get it!’ When she has put whatever it is in its correct place. Observe her with admiration and keep quiet, So that you can make sure of her energy. When her hand is in yours, that’s happiness. Ani
Love your wife with passion. Feed her, Clothe her, Oil is good for her body. Ease her heart throughout your long life together. She is a fertile land, she shines for her master. Ptah-Hotep
When a man smells pleasantly of myrrh, his wife is like a cat before him. But when a man is hurt, his wife is there like a lionness to protect him. Ankh-Sheshonk
If you want friendship to last in a home where you enter, Whether as a master, as a brother or as a friend, Or in any place that you often visit, Guard against approaching women (in a physical way). The result is never good. The sight of he who enters a house is never sharp enough to do this well. Thousands of men are thus diverted from what is good for them, Letting themselves fall into the trap of seduction. A brief instant of pleasure is similar to a dream And death awaits you if you sleep with seductresses! As for those who end up continually lusting after women, None of their plans will succeed. Ptah-Hotep
Scorn the woman who has a bad reputation in your town. Do not look at her as she passes, Do not try to sleep with her. A woman whose husband is far away is deep and dangerous water. ‘I am gorgeous,’ she tells herself daily, When there is nobody around. And you risk falling into her nets. Ani
Isis, Creator of the univers, Sovereign of the sky and the stars, Mistress of life, Regent of the Gods, Magician with divine wisdom, Female sun, Who stamps everything with her royal seal! Man lives on your oder, Nothing happens without your agreement. Temple of Philae
Great of love, With a beautiful face, Ravishing, Queen of charm, Who has satisfied the divinity because of her beauty, She has the voice of the enchantress when she sings, She fills the palace with the scent of her perfume, The Queen of all women, The Mistress of the Two Lands and of all the earth. Titles of the Queens of Egypt
I have created this work with a heart full of love for Amon. Initiated into his secrets of origin, Instructed through his beneficial power, I have not forgotten what he has ordained. My Majesty recognises his divinity. I have acted on his orders, It is he who has guided me, I have never planned anything contrary to his actions, It is he who has guided me. I have never slept, Because I was preoccupied with his temple. I have never turned away from what he has commanded. My heart was intuitively before his father, I have entered intimately into the plans of his heart. I have never turned my back on the city of the Master of Totality, But rather I have turned my face toward Him. Obelisk of Queen Hatshepsut at Karnak
All that Queen Nefertari asked for has been done. All reality exists as a function of her desire for knowledge. All her words brought joy to people’s faces, To hear her voice is to live. Temple of Luxor
You are unique, The beloved, The incomparable, The most beautiful woman in the world, Like a star shining at New Year, At the threshold of a beautiful year, Whose grace shines out, Whose skin glows, With a clear look, With sweet lips, With a long neck, With hair like lapis lazuli, With fingers like the petals of the lotus, With slim hips, And noble carriage. A Song of Love
His wife, his lover, is the Queen of grace, sweet in love with a helpful word, agreeable in conversation, a useful adviser in her writings: all that passes her lips is worthy of Maat; a perfect woman with a high reputation in the city, giving a helping hand to all, speaking of what is good, repeating what is loved, giving pleasure to all: listening to her one never learns evil, she who is beloved by all, she whose name is Renpet-Neferet, ‘the Perfect Year’. Text on the tomb of Petosiris describing the wife of the Sage |
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