>>40953664
>To speak the truth and act with sincerity is the duty of every man. "Keep thy tongue from lying speech. Do not support one evil man with thy acts and another with thy tongue at the same time. Go not into the town council before the Presiding Magistrate, or thou mayest be obliged to eat thy words. Do not get up and sit down continually during thy speech, for thy statements must justify themselves. Attempt not to coerce any nobleman's witness, for a hasty word uttered in the Council Chamber may lead to serious trouble. Speak the truth before the Magistrate, lest he arrest thee and imprison thee, and if thou dost appear before him early in the day, he will listen graciously to thy words. Say all thou hast to say, and be careful so that thou mayest return there. Do not permit any member of the Courts of Law to deliver a wrong judgement because thou hast hidden the truth; thou mayest keep thyself concealed, but he will as the result suffer. Accept no gift from any man if thou art in return for it to commit an act of wrong against a poor man."

>A man in his dealings with men should always give his countenance and support to the things that are good, or tend to edification; therefore let him "applaud the Serpent, or Goddess, and spit upon Apep" (i.e., the Devil). Moreover, he should follow the religious customs of the people about him.

>"Take thy seat in the sanctuary of the house of the God, and present offerings on behalf of thy Lord. Make thyself to appear like one of the revered dead, and as if thou wast bandaged in thy coffin. Be strenuous in performing the Will of God. Hold no converse in the company of liars, for before God that is an abominable thing to do; God hates the frivolous liar."

>>40758072
The poison burned like fire. Re cried out, ‘Swear that no one will ever know my Great Name except for yourself and your son, Horus, whom you shall bear to Osiris and who shall reign over the land of Egypt when Osiris has passed to the West, the Land of the Dead.’ Whereupon Isis swore an oath, and the secret of Re’s Great Name passed from his heart to hers. Immediately, Isis bade the poison leave his body; the poison died and Re lived.

>>509415329
>Such was the vast power which the god settled in the lost island of Atlantis; and this he afterward directed against our land on the following pretext, as traditions tell: For many generations, as long as the divine nature lasted in them, they were obedient to the laws, and well-affectioned toward the gods, who were their kinsmen; for they possessed true and in every way great spirits, practising gentleness and wisdom in the various chances of life, and in their intercourse with one another.

>They despised everything but virtue, not caring for their present state of life, and thinking lightly on the possession of gold and other property, which seemed only a burden to them; neither were they intoxicated by luxury; nor did wealth deprive them of their self-control; but they were sober, and saw clearly that all these goods are increased by virtuous friendship with one another, and that by excessive zeal for them, and honor of them, the good of them is lost, and friendship perishes with them.