Babylonian Proverbs
Sayings of Babylonian origin Writing is the mother of eloquence and the father of artists. If I put anything down it is snatched away; if I do more than is expected, who will repay me? The tall grain thrives, but what do we understand of it? The meager grain thrives, but what do we understand of it? The life of day before yesterday has departed today. Be gentle to your enemy as to an old oven. The gods do not deduct from marls allotted span the hours spent fishing. There is strife where servants are, slander where anointers anoint. Don't trust the smile of your opponent. An ass in another city becomes its head. The strong live by their own wages; the weak by the wages of their children. My knees go, my feet are unwearied; but a fool has cut into my course. The city whose weapons are not strong the enemy before its gates shall not be thrust through. Friendship in days of prosperity is servitude forever. If you go and take the field of an enemy, the enemy ...