The Value of Skilled Work
Excellence in one's craft brings honor and prosperity. Whatever work one does should be done with skill, dedication, and integrity.
Excellence in one's craft brings honor and prosperity. Whatever work one does should be done with skill, dedication, and integrity.
Be skilled in speech so that you may succeed. The tongue is a sword; speech is more powerful than fighting.
Instructions of Ptahhotep
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- What ancient Egypt says about what to say and what to leave unsaid
This maxim complicates the last one. Ptahhotep does not want you mute — he wants you skilled, and says outright that speech outperforms fighting. Restraint is worth nothing if you have nothing accurate to say when the moment arrives.