Ptahhotep: Doing

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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.”

Ptahhotep

Maxim no .1.
The Maxims of Ptahhotep (c. 2350 BCE)
Context: 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. Good speech is more hidden than malachite, yet it is found in the possession of women slaves at the millstones.

Knowledge , Learning , Perfection

“If you are well-to-do and can maintain your household, love your wife in your home according to good custom…Make her happy while you are alive, for she is land profitable to her lord.”

Ptahhotep

Maxim no. 21.
The Maxims of Ptahhotep (c. 2350 BC)

Love , Home , Happiness

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

Ptahhotep

Maxim no. 23.
The Maxims of Ptahhotep (c. 2350 BCE)

“Follow your desire as long as you live and do not perform more than is ordered; do not lessen the time of following desire, for the wasting of time is an abomination to the spirit… When riches are gained, follow desire, for riches will not profit if one is sluggish.”

Ptahhotep

Maxim no. 11.
The Maxims of Ptahhotep (c. 2350 BCE)

Time