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Absolutely speaking, Do unto others as you would that they should do unto you is by no means a golden rule, but the best of current silver. An honest man would have but little occasion for it. It is golden not to have any rule at all in such a case.

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Henry David Thoreau

PoetAmerican1817 · 19th century

4.6 · 26 votes · 180 reads

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Any fool can make a rule, and every fool will mind it.

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Henry David Thoreau

PoetAmerican1817 · 19th century

4.9 · 34 votes · 173 reads

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Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least you will, by such conduct, stand the best ch

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Benjamin Franklin

PoliticianAmerican1706 · 18th century

3.9 · 39 votes

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Don't learn safety rules simply by accident

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3.6 · 27 votes

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Hell, there are no rules here, we are trying to accomplish something.

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Theodore Roosevelt

PoliticianAmerican1858 · 19th century

3.5 · 47 votes · 148 reads

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It is a good idea to obey all the rules when you're young just so you'll have the strength to break them when you're old.

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WriterAmerican1835 · 19th century

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Nordstrom's Rules for Employees: Rule # 1: Use your good judgment in all situations There are no additional rules

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3.0 · 59 votes

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Practicing the Golden Rule is not a sacrifice; it is an investment.

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4.0 · 39 votes · 137 reads

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The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

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George Bernard Shaw

WriterIrish1856 · 19th century

4.9 · 37 votes · 189 reads

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The people who cast the votes don't decide an election, the people who count the votes do.

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LeaderRussian1879 · 19th century

3.4 · 58 votes

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There are two great rules of life; the one general and the other particular. The first is that everyone can, in the end, get what he wants, if he only tries. That is the general rule. The particular rule is that every individual is, more or less, an excep
Samuel Beckett
WriterIrish1906 · 20th century
4.2 · 12 votes · 165 reads
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There is no more important rule of conduct in the world than this: attach yourself as much as you can to people who are abler than you and yet not so very different that you cannot understand them.
Georg C. Lichtenberg
ScientistGerman1742 · 18th century
4.4 · 57 votes · 75 reads
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Think in the morning. Act in the noon. Eat in the evening. Sleep in the night.
Will Rogers
ComedianAmerican1879 · 19th century
4.2 · 19 votes · 176 reads
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When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.
Edmund Burke
PoliticianIrish-British1729 · 18th century
4.1 · 14 votes · 88 reads
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When everything else fails read the instructions.
Anonymous
3.0 · 15 votes · 179 reads
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Whoever has the gold makes all the rules.
Anonymous
4.8 · 36 votes · 160 reads
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Young men know the rules, but old men know the exceptions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes
AuthorAmerican1809 · 19th century
4.1 · 46 votes · 68 reads
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