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Anonymous scribe Quotes

Unattributed sayings preserved in ancient texts — often Egyptian wisdom literature, Sumerian tablets or early monastic manuscripts.

9 sourced quotes from Anonymous scribe across Maat.

“I have not lied. I have not stolen. I have not caused another to weep. I have not pried into matters. I have not slandered. I have not been angry without cause. I have not eaten my heart with grudges.”

Book of the Dead, Spell 125 (Negative Confessions) · c. 1550 BCE Maat

“Your heart is weighed on the scale against the feather of Maat. May it be found as light.”

Book of the Dead, Spell 125 · the weighing of the heart Maat

“I am one whose heart is light. I have done what is loved by gods and men.”

Book of the Dead, Spell 30B · the heart's plea Maat

“Set Maat in your heart and your tongue will speak it. The two are not different.”

Coffin Texts · Middle Kingdom Maat

“I have given bread to the hungry and water to the thirsty. I have given clothes to the naked and a ferryboat to the boatless.”

Book of the Dead, Spell 125 (Positive Confessions) · the works of Maat Maat

“The ka of a man (his vital essence) lasts only as long as Maat has shaped him.”

Pyramid Texts · Utterance 600 · c. 2400 BCE Maat

“I have offered Maat to Ra. I have spoken Maat in the place of judgment. Maat ascends through me to the gods.”

Book of the Dead, Spell 1 · the morning hymn Maat

“She is the daughter of Ra. She rides in the solar boat. The world is held together because she is at the heart of it.”

Hymn to Maat · New Kingdom Maat

“Anubis weighs the heart. Thoth records the result. Ammit waits. The deceased recites the 42 Confessions. The room is silent. The feather does not move. It is the heart that must change.”

Book of the Dead, Spell 125 · the courtroom scene Maat