“Do your things on earth as your heart commands!
When there comes to you that day of mourning,
The Weary-hearted hears not their mourning, Wailing saves no man from the pit!”
Source: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms
“Every one of us dies more than once in our lifetime in the hearts of our loved ones, and haunt them through the ghosts of our memories.”
Source: The Abandoned Paradise: Unraveling the beauty of untouched thoughts and dreams
“I am knowing to him who lacks knowledge,
One who teaches a man what is useful to him.
I am a straight one in the king’s house,
Who knows what to say in every office.
I am a listener who listens to the truth,
Who ponders it in the heart.
I am one pleasant to his lord’s house,
Who is remembered for his good qualities.
I am kindly in the offices,
One who is calm and does not roar.
I am kindly, not short-tempered,
One who does not attack a man for a remark.
I am accurate like the scales.
Straight and true like Thoth.
I am firm-footed, well-disposed,
Loyal to him who advanced him.
I am a knower who taught himself knowledge,
An advisor whose advice is sought.
I am a speaker in the hall of justice,
Skilled in speech in anxious situations.”
Source: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms
“Each man’s heart is for himself.”
Source: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms
“Hearts have quite abandoned it”
Source: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms
“Speech falls on the heart like fire,
One cannot endure the word of mouth.”
Source: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms
“You cannot see a person’s heart, belief or motive unless it identifies itself with an action.”
“Lo, gold, lapis lazuli, silver, and turquoise, Carnelian, amethyst, ibht- stone and
Are strung on the necks of female slaves. Noblewomen roam the land.
Ladies say, “We want to eat!”
Lo, noblewomen,
Their bodies suffer in rags,
Their hearts shrink from greeting
[each other].
Lo, chests of ebony are smashed.”
Source: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms
“Happy is the heart of the king when gifts come to him.
And when every foreign land [comes],
that is our success, that is our fortune.
What shall we do about it ? All is ruin!”
Source: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms
“Lo, all beasts, their hearts weep.”
Source: Ancient Egyptian Literature, Volume I: The Old and Middle Kingdoms