quote · Legacy record
Be not haughty because of thy might in the midst of thy young soldiers. Beware of making strife, for one knoweth not the things that the God will do when He punisheth.
Be not haughty because of thy might in the midst of thy young soldiers. Beware of making strife, for one knoweth not the things that the God will do when He punisheth.
Approximate author period: c. 1800 BC · ancient
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- Author or tradition
- Anonymous (Instruction for Kagemni)
Attribution: unknown - Country attributed
- Not established
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- Approximate author period: c. 1800 BC · ancient
Papyrus Prisse manuscript circa 1800 BCE (BnF); not quotation composition date or author lifetime
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- The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke’Gemni (1906) (1906 AD)
Instruction for Kagemni, Gunn edition section 5; complete printed unit; literary attribution, not independently authenticated
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- Culture
- Ancient Egyptian