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DO right and fear no man

c
1450
Proverbs of Good Counsel in Book of Precedence
(EETS) 68
The beste wysdom that I Can [know], Ys to doe well, and drede no man.
1721
Scottish Proverbs
89
Do well and doubt [fear] no Man. But rest satisfied in the Testimony of a good Conscience.
1979
Guardian
31 Mar. 10
It used to be, ‘Do right and fear no man. Don't write and fear no women.’

action and consequence
;
conscience

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DO unto others as you would they should do unto you

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DO as you would be done by above
. With allusion to
LUKE
vi. 31 (AV) As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.

a
901
Laws of Alfred
in F. Liebermann
Gesetze Angelsachsen
(1903) I. 44
Thæet ge willen, thæet othre men eow ne don, ne doth ge thæet othrum monnum [What you do not wish others to do to you, do not to other men].
1477
Dicts of Philosophers
62
Do to other as thou woldest they should do to the, and do to noon other but as thou woldest be doon to.
1790
Letter
9 July (1979) 48
He wished to have him out, merely because ‘he would do to others as he would be done to’.
1880
Life of Cicero
II. xii.
The lesson which had governed his [Cicero's] life: ‘I will do unto others as I would they should do unto me.’
1903
Man & Superman
227
Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.
1985
Diamond Rock
v.
You've got to learn to follow the golden rule. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you.

reciprocity
;
society

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