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Quotes from Khufu's Wisdom — Naguib Mahfouz

1911–2006 Egypt

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Sire, after you, no one from your seed shall sit upon the throne of Egypt.

Khufu's Wisdom (1939)

My lord, our immortal philosopher Kagemni, vizier to King Huni, says that patience is man's refuge in times of despair, and his armor against misfortunes.

Khufu's Wisdom (1939)

Monra recited this prayer with an unsteady voice. His eyes flowed with hot tears that trickled down his thin and drawn cheeks. They wet his hoary beard, as he raised his aged head, looking with emotion upon the pallid face of his wife, confined to her childbed.

Khufu's Wisdom (1939)

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Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Naguib Mahfouz (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.