Monday, October 29, 2018

Ptahhotep Maxim 27: Legal Situations

It's short.  Only seven lines.

The opening tercet offers guidance on how to act as a "friend of the court" and the final two couplets give advice on how to deal with a biased opponent.

It says:

If you act as advocate for a court,
a representative of the peace of many,
remove the yokes of an actin.
When you contest with someone who is biased,
keep him from stating his opinion to officials
and making the matter biased to them:
turn your case over to judgment.

Well, D-u-u-U-U-U-U-U-U-u-u-h!





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