Hearken to your wife. Make her happy as long as you live. She is a fertile field for her lord. Do not contend with her in court.

Maxims of Ptahhotep · maxim on partnership

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Maat

In ancient Egyptian cosmology, Maat was both a goddess and a principle — the order that holds back chaos (Isfet), the truth that lights the world, the balance that the Pharaoh's job was to maintain. When you died, your heart was weighed on a scale against a single feather of Maat…

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