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"You should not work using only your eyes; you will not multiply your possessions using only your mouth."
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The Instructions of Shuruppak are a significant example of Sumerian wisdom literature. Wisdom literature, intended to teach proper piety, instill virtue, and preserve community standards, was common throughout the ancient Near East. Its incipit sets the text in great antiquity: "In those days, in those far remote times, in those nights, in those faraway nights, in those years, in those far remote
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"The night: it can hide both good and evil."
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"A loving heart maintains a family; a hateful heart destroys a family."
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"Nothing at all is to be valued, but life should be sweet. You should not serve things; things should serve you."
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"In those days, in those far remote days, in those nights, in those faraway nights, in those years, in those far remote years, at that time the wise one who knew how to speak in elaborate words lived in the Land."
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