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One who is serious all day will never have a good time, while one who is frivolous all day will never establish a household.

— Ptahhotep The Maxims of Ptahhotep (-2350)

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Do not be arrogant because of your knowledge, but confer with the ignorant man as with the learned. For knowledge has no limits, and none has yet achieved perfection in it.

The Maxims of Ptahhotep (-2350)

Truth is great and its effectiveness endures.

The Maxims of Ptahhotep (-2350)

Do not repeat slander; you should not hear it, for it is the result of hot temper.

The Maxims of Ptahhotep (-2350)

Be a craftsman in speech that thou mayest be strong, for the strength of one is the tongue, and speech is mightier than all fighting.

The Maxims of Ptahhotep (-2350)

The pleasure is only for a little moment, and it [passes] like a dream, and a man at the end thereof finds death through knowing it.

The Maxims of Ptahhotep (-2350)

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