History · 27 · The Sage

5,000-year-old proverbs

Sumerians collected proverbs more than five thousand years ago. From Egypt to Mesopotamia, proverbs were central to scribal education.

Wisdom is ancient.

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One Sumerian saying: tell a lie, then tell the truth, and it will be considered a lie.

Source: Why the Bible Began, pp. 422

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