"No one walks together with him or directs their steps towards him. Life passes him by like water. He is dear to no just man, plague prevails over him. Like a worthless penny. [...] He is clothed with a garment as if a heavy punishment were assigned to him. Who is he? His name? A man sleeping with someone's wife."

"Accept your lot and make your mother happy! Run fast and make your god happy!"

"Whatever I say, I will say it twice, and then I will repeat it again."

"Utu's glance is prayerful. Utu's heart is compassionate. A devotee of Utu is among the holy. Allotted by Utu to be fortunate, a [...] ship reaches the quay."

"Although the number of unhappy days is endless, yet life is better than death."

"Fear of god creates good fortune. Lamentation absolves sin. Offerings extend life."

"The rich man's heart is sick, it is very sick indeed."

"If a man does not treasure his god, that man will not be buried. His heir will not provide him with water libations."

"He who despises a just decision, who loves wicked decisions, is an abomination to Utu."

"My king, the lord perfect in heaven, built a house in the barren marshes."

"The god of the river ordeal will admire the hearts of those who bear words of truth."

"The voice of the forest kujanun bird is the glory of the tamarisks."

"The voice of the duck is the glory of the marshes."

"Ignoramuses are numerous in the palace."

"Whether it is roasted or not, you should sprinkle the grain."

"Who can compare with justice? It creates life."

"Whenever wickedness may cause trouble, Utu will not be idle!"

"A plant sweeter than a husband, a plant sweeter than a child: may Ezina-Kusu dwell in your house."

"Don't pick things now; they will bear fruit later."

"The songs of a city are its diviners."

"Possessions are flying birds -- they never find a place to settle."

"Wealth is far away, poverty is close at hand."

"He who possesses many things is constantly on guard."

"Things may be traded in the city but it is the fisherman who brings in the food supply."

"He hurled his insult. He laid his curse. A curse which is reciprocated will be retaliated against with yet another curse. It is an insult resulting from an insult. It is a curse resulting from a curse. It is the constant renewal of destiny. To accept a verdict is possible. To accept a curse is impossible."

"What comes out from the heart of the tree is known by the heart of the tree."

"A heart never created hatred; speech created hatred."

"A plant as sweet as a husband does not grow in the steppe."

"For his pleasure he got married. On his thinking it over he got divorced."

"The good thing is to find it; the bad thing is to lose it."

"Their pleasure, their discomfort. Their discomfort, their pleasure."

"One should not remove what belongs to my mistress Inana."

"May the city build like me! May the Land live like me!"

"Scowling dogs belong to the shameless man."

"He who shaves his head acquires ever more hair."

"One does not marry a three-year-old wife, as a donkey does."

"For a donkey there is no stench. For a donkey there is no washing with soap."

"Furrows are pleasant to a threshing ox."

"The fox, having urinated into the sea, said: "The whole of the sea is my urine!""

"The fox lies even to Enlil."

"Tell a lie and then tell the truth: it will be considered a lie."

"Once I had escaped the wild bull, the wild cow confronted me."

"He who destroys houses destroys silver. He who destroys a house destroys gold."