From: ra@nospam.com   
      
   The 42 Commandments of Ancient Egypt   
      
   We have all heard of the 10 Commandments. Here is what appears to be an   
   earlier set of 42 commandments used in Ancient Egypt.   
      
   By the Old School Publishing Company, 2005   
      
   1. I will not engage in falsehood.   
      
   2. I will not rob.   
      
   3. I will not be greedy.   
      
   4. I will not steal.   
      
   5. I will not kill.   
      
   6. I will not destroy food.   
      
   7. I will not engage in crookedness.   
      
   8. I will not steal donations.   
      
   9. I will not tell lies.   
      
   10. I will not steal food.   
      
   11. I will not be sullen.   
      
   12. I will not transgress.   
      
   13. I will not kill pets.   
      
   14. I will not commit perjury.   
      
   15. I will not take food wrongfully.   
      
   16. I will not eavesdrop.   
      
   17. I will not babble.   
      
   18. I will not take other's property.   
      
   19. I will not fornicate with a child.   
      
   20. I will not misbehave.   
      
   21. I will not make a terror.   
      
   22. I will not transgress.   
      
   23. I will not be hot-tempered.   
      
   24. I will not ignore honest speech.   
      
   25. I will not make a disturbance.   
      
   26. I will not hoodwink.   
      
   27. I will not sexually molest a boy.   
      
   28. I will not be neglectful.   
      
   29. I will not be argumentative.   
      
   30. I will not be overly active.   
      
   31. I will not be impatient.   
      
   32. I will not deface pictures of people.   
      
   33. I will not talk too much.   
      
   34. I will not pretend wrongs were done.   
      
   35. I will not trouble the government.   
      
   36. I will not pollute water.   
      
   37. I will not yell or be loud.   
      
   38. I will not hate.   
      
   39. I will not be puffed up or haughty.   
      
   40. I will not believe I have more rights than anyone else under the law.   
      
   41. I will spend only my own money.   
      
   42. I will not denigrate Wisdom.   
      
   http://www.philae.nu/akhet/Amenemope.html   
      
   http://www.humanistictexts.org/amenope.htm   
      
   http://www.geocities.com/eowyn628/egypt.html   
      
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    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)