Hello too, Actually my reference gives Khety (Egyptian is a sort of pick your own vowel affair). Khety was the nomen of several kings of the Ninth/Tenth Dynasty [circa 2200 BC] and Merikare or Meri-ka-ra was the son of an unnamed Khety perhaps (Axthoes). Merikara's name was furtunately preserved in the papyrus. However his sister, Mary-go-round proved to be quite an embarrassment to the Dynasty and was stricken from all the records of the land. My translation goes- "Good nature is a man's heaven, The cursing of the [furious] is painful. If you are skilled in speech, you will win, The tongue is stronger than all fighting," And 4,000 years later when man has had time to refine his choice of leaders- "Bring 'em on." Charlie p.s. It would be interesting to see the actual hieroglyphs from the papyri. Three are three fragmentary papyri which are only partly complementary. ---------- >From: Richard Seddon <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Re: <no subject> >Date: Tue, Aug 26, 2003, 4:51 PM > > Hello: > > The whole saying of Khati (Merijere) is perhaps germane to this thread. > > The complete saying as translated by Gardiner (Journal of Egyptian > Archaeology, I page 20) is, > > "A good disposition is a man's heaven, but the cursing of a passionate man > is baneful" > > Rick Seddon > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[log in to unmask]> > To: <[log in to unmask]> > Sent: Tuesday, August 26, 2003 12:50 PM > Subject: Re: <no subject> > > >> In a message dated 08/26/2003 1:06:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, >> [log in to unmask] writes: >> >> >> > "'A man's paradise is his good nature' >> > sd/ Kati." >> > -EP >> > >> > >> >> or the other way around.... >> >> jb... >> >> >> >> They hang the man and flog the woman >> That steal the goose from off the common, >> But let the greater villain loose >> That steals the common from the goose. >> >> Constant apprehension of war has the same tendency >> to render the head too large for the body. A standing military >> force with an overgrown executive will not long be safe. >> companions to liberty. -- Thomas Jefferson >> >> >> "America is a quarter of a billion people totally misinformed and > disinformed >> by their government. This is tragic but our media is -- I wouldn't even > say >> corrupt -- it's just beyond telling us anything that the government > doesn't >> want us to know." >> >> Gore Vidal >>