Dione Cornes

“In these days, when all things and memories of the past are at length become not only subservient to, but submerged by, the matters and needs of the immediate present, those paths of knowledge that lead into regions seemingly remote from such needs are somewhat discredited; and the aims of those that follow them whither they lead are regarded as quite out of touch with the real interests of life.”
― Ptahhotep, The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke'Gemni The Oldest Books in the World

“There is no craftsman who has acquired full mastery”
― Ptahhotep, The maxims of Ptah-hotep: Humankind's earliest wisdom literature

“If he hesitate to open his heart, it is said, 'Is it because he (the judge) doeth the wrong that no entreaties are made to him concerning it by those to whom it happeneth?”
― Ptahhotep, The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke'Gemni The Oldest Books in the World

“If thou be powerful, make thyself to be honoured for knowledge and for gentleness. Speak with authority, that is, not as if following injunctions, for he that is humble (when highly placed) falleth into errors. Exalt not thine heart, that it be not brought low.[”
― Ptahhotep, The Instruction of Ptah-Hotep and the Instruction of Ke'Gemni The Oldest Books in the World