Modesty and Propriety
Appropriate behavior in public maintains social harmony. Immodesty and inappropriate conduct disturb the peace.
Appropriate behavior in public maintains social harmony. Immodesty and inappropriate conduct disturb the peace.
I have not been loud-voiced. I have not behaved with arrogance. I have maintained my dignity.
Social Ethics
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- What ancient Egypt says about what to say and what to leave unsaid
"I have not been loud-voiced" is one of the denials spoken before the forty-two assessors. Volume was a moral category in Egypt — not a matter of manners but something the dead had to answer for by name.