Ptahhotep: Good

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“Teach him what has been said in the past; then he will set a good example to the children of the magistrates, and judgement and all exactitude shall enter into him. Speak to him, for there is none born wise.”

Introduction.
The Maxims of Ptahhotep (c. 2350 BCE)

“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.”

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

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

Maxim no. 25.
The Maxims of Ptahhotep (c. 2350 BCE)