golden rule

Noun

Meaning

a command based on Jesus' words in the Sermon on the Mount

any important rule

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

canon maxim law principle ethic tenet gold standard moral philosophy utilitarianism categorical imperative

Antonyms

impurity debauchery indecency lechery profligacy licentiousness
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Hypernyms

rule teaching commandment precept prescript

Examples

The golden rule is that there is not golden rule. George Bernard Shaw

To keep the Golden Rule we must put ourselves in other people's places, but to do that consists in and depends upon picturing ourselves in their places. Harry Emerson Fosdick

Submission to the experimental data is the golden rule that dominates any scientific discipline. Maurice Allais

I believe in the Golden Rule - The Man with the Gold... rules. Mr. T

Make it a point to do something every day that you dont want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain. Mark Twain

We have committed the Golden Rule to memory; let us now commit it to life. Edwin Markham

Close letter words and terms

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