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“If a man be lacking in good fellowship, no speech hath any influence over him. He is sour of
face toward the glad-hearted that are kindly to him; he is a grief unto his mother and his friends”
(Ptah-Hotep & Ke’gemni, 2019 CE/2400 BCE, p. 63).
Reference:
Ptah-Hotep & Ke’gemni (2019). The instruction of Ptah-Hotep & the instruction of Ke’gemni: The oldest books in the world. L. Cranberg-Byng & S. A. Kapadia (Eds.). Independently Published. (Originally written c. 2400 BCE).
