From "Teaching of the Vizier Ptahhotep," which is a collection of ancient Egyptian maxims:
If you are a leader,
be calm while you hear a petitioner's speech!
Do not prevent him from purging his body
of what he planned to tell you!
A wronged man loves to pour his heart out
more than achieving what he came for.
About someone who prevents petitions, they say,
'So why does he thwart it?'
Everything for which a man petitioned may not come about,
but a good hearing is what soothes the heart.
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