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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.
— Ptahhotep
Ancient Egyptian vizier
The Maxims of Ptahhotep (c. 2350 BC), Introduction.
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