The Instructions of Ptah-Hotep
A Good Son is the Gift of the God
Carry out the behest of your lord to you. How good is the teaching of a man's father, for he has come from him, who has spoken of his son while he was yet unborn ; and that which is done for him (the son) is more than that which is commanded him. Forsooth, a good son is of the gift of the God ; he does more than is enjoined on him, he does right, and puts his heart into all his goings.
