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«There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.»
«The first precept was never to accept a thing as true until I knew it as such without a single doubt.»
Author: Rene Descartes
(Mathematician, Philosopher, Scientist)
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«Wherefore the Lord said, Forasmuch as this people draw near me with their mouth, and with their lips do honour me, but have removed their heart far from me, and their fear toward me is taught by the precept of men: / Therefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder: for the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the understanding of their prudent men shall be hid.»
«This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes.»
«The simple Wordsworth . . . / Who, both by precept and example, shows / That prose is verse, and verse is merely prose.»
«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.»
Author: Ronald Reagan
(President)
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«Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk; and to make our words and actions all of a color.»
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