TEACHINGS OF PTAHHOTEP

"23. Repeat not extravagant speech, neither listen thereto; for it is the utterance of a body heated by wrath. When such speech is repeated to thee, hearken not thereto, look to the ground. Speak not regarding it, that he that is before thee may know wisdom. If thou be commanded to do a theft , bring it to pass that the command be taken off thee, for it is a hateful thing according to the law. That which destroyeth a vision is the veil over it." P. 51, "The Treatment of Servants," THE INSTRUCTION OF PTAHHOTEP, THE OLDEST BOOK IN THE WORLD (2016)