search Search Texts
pdf pdf not available

(Lost) Commandments of Akhenaten


icon26   Respect your seniors

1Do not sit down in the beerhouse,
2in order to join one greater than You.
3Be he a youth great through his office,
4or be he an elder through birth.
5Befriend a man of your own measure,
6The Holy Spirit is helpful from afar.
7If You see one greater than You outdoors,
8walk behind him respectfully.
9Give a hand to an elder sated with beer,
10respect him as his children would.
11The arm is not hurt by being bared.
12The back is not broken by bending it.
13A man does not lose by speaking sweetly,
14nor does he gain if his speech is straw.
15The pilot who sees from afar,
16he will not wreck his boat.