#precept

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it. ↗

— Denis Diderot

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When obedience to the Divine precepts keeps pace with knowledge, in the mind of any man, that man is a Christian; and when the fruits of Christianity are produced, that man is a disciple of our blessed Lord, let his profession of religion be what it may. ↗

— Joseph Lancaster

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I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps. ↗

— James Cash Penney

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In almost everything, experience is more valuable than precept. ↗

— Quintilian

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We must reject the idea that every time a law's broken, society is guilty rather than the lawbreaker. It is time to restore the American precept that each individual is accountable for his actions. ↗

— Ronald Reagan

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The precepts of the law are these: to live honestly, to injure no one, and to give everyone else his due. ↗

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

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Examples is more forcible than precept. People look at my six days in the week to see what I mean on the seventh. ↗

— Robert Cecil

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A good example is far better than a good precept. ↗

— Dwight L. Moody

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The beauty of God is to be seen in the seventh plane as shown by God-the-Preceptor and then one becomes self-alone in the shape of his own identity and it is to be seen and heard from others. The thing must be taking place during the life-time of the seer of God and then all else will appear ephemeral. ↗

— sri jibankrishna or Diamond

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The way is long if one follows precepts, but short... if one follows patterns. ↗

— Lucius Annaeus Seneca

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