> It's interesting how similar most of this is to more modern advice. Well, he's: >> paraphrased the rules below so that they’re written in my own everyday la

> It's interesting how similar most of this is to more modern advice. Well, he's: >> paraphrased the rules below so that they’re written in my own everyday language as clearly as I can manage, while being careful not to distort the meaning of the text, as far as I understand it. I was suspicious about that. Let's see. He gives the first one as: 1. Don’t let your education make you arrogant. Be humble when you talk to someone and assume they might have something to teach you, regardless of whether they’re more or less educated than you. Which is apparently their paraphrase of this 1906 translation: > 1. Be not proud because thou art learned; but discourse with the ignorant man, as with the sage. For no limit can be set to skill, neither is there any craftsman that possesseth full advantages. Fair speech is more rare than the emerald that is found by slave-maidens on the pebbles. Another, I think, more modern translation: Then he addressed his son: Do not be proud on account of your knowledge, but discuss with the ignorant as with the wise. The limits of art cannot be delivered; there is no artist whose talent is fulfilled. Fine words are more sought after than greenstone, but can be found with the women at the grindstone. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/literature/ptahhotep.html https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/literature... [0] I think I'll stick to those other translations. He seems to have 'paraphrased' the poetry right out of it, and most of the prose. [0] A lot of other relevant information linked to on this page too: Egyptian Literature background information https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/literature/literaturemk.html https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/literature...