138 Quotes by Miriam Lichtheim

This Unas comes, a spirit indestructible,If he wishes you to die, you will die,If he wishes you to live, you will live!UNAS PYRAMID TEXTSUtterance 217Sarcophagus Chamber, South WallThe king joins the sun-god

May you cross the sky united in the dark,May you rise in Iightland, the place in which you shine!Horus, go proclaim to the powers of the eastAnd their spirits:This Unas comes, a spirit indestructible,Whom he wishes to live will live,Whom he wishes to die will die!UNAS PYRAMID TEXTSUtterance 217Sarcophagus Chamber, South WallThe king joins the sun-god

Rise up,0 Teti, you shall not die!Utterance 373Antechamber, West WallThe king is raised from his tomb

Had I raised my voice at that time,To save me from the pain I am in!

You are like a town without a mayor,Like a troop without a leader,Like a ship without a captain,A company without a chief.You are a sheriff who steals,A mayor who pockets,A district prosecutor of crimeWho is the model for the (evil)-doer!

This peasant said;He who should rule by law commands theft, Who then will punish crime? The straightener of another’s crookedness Supports another’s crime.

The bet comes to the place it knows,It does not miss its former path,No kind of magic holds it backIt comes to those who give it water.

Ev Rise against what is before you!

Rise against what is before you!