Remember Your Parents Among the Great (Sirach 23:14)
Deuterocanonical Wisdom
CAT-016•Deuterocanonical Wisdom
— ECCLESIASTICUS 23:18-19 (DOUAY-RHEIMS)
"Remember thy father and thy mother, for thou sittest in the midst of great men: Lest God forget thee in their sight, and thou, by thy daily custom, be infatuated and suffer reproach: and wish that thou hadst not been born, and curse the day of thy nativity."
Modern Translation & Meaning
"When you sit among great people, remember your father and mother. Their memory keeps you humble."
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