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Hieratic ostracon with the beginning of "The Wisdom of Amenemope", dated to 525–404 BC.

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Do not move the markers on the border of the fields.

Beginning of the teaching for life,
The instructions for well-being . . .
Knowing how to answer one who speaks,
To reply to one who sends a message.

The truly silent, who keep apart,
He is like a tree grown in a meadow.
It greens, it doubles its yield,
It stands in front of its lord.
Its fruit is sweet, its shade delightful,
Its end comes in the garden.

Do not set your heart on wealth . . .
Do not strain to seek increases,
What you have, let it suffice you.
If riches come to you by theft,
They will not stay the night with you . . .
They made themselves wings like geese,
And flew away to the sky.

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