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Sentences of Sextus
Sentences of Sextus (178)
What it is not right to do, do not even consider doing it.
Life of Pythagoras
PYTHAGORIC ETHICAL SENTENCES FROM STOBÆUS, Which are omitted in the Opuscula Mythologica, &c. of Gale. (1)
Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done. Choose rather to be strong in soul than in body.
Dhammapada
Chapter XXII: The Downward Course (314)
An evil deed is better left undone, for a man repents of it afterwards; a good deed is better done, for having done it, one does not repent.
Life of Pythagoras
SELECT SENTENCES OF SEXTUS THE PYTHAGOREAN. (12)
That which God gives you, no one can take away. Neither do nor even think of that which you are not willing God should know.
Dhammapada
Chapter IX: Evil (117)
If a man commits a sin, let him not do it again; let him not delight in sin: pain is the outcome of evil.
Dhammapada
Chapter XIII: The World (167)
Do not follow the evil law! Do not live on in thoughtlessness! Do not follow false doctrine! Be not a friend of the world.
The Path of Light
Chapter 7: The Perfect Strength (6)
In setting his hand to a work one should foster pride, according to the rule of the Vajra-dhvaja Sutra. When he has first considered the sum of...
Dhammapada
Chapter X: Punishment (130)
All men tremble at punishment, all men love life; remember that thou art like unto them, and do not kill, nor cause slaughter.
Dhammapada
Chapter X: Punishment (129)
All men tremble at punishment, all men fear death; remember that you are like unto them, and do not kill, nor cause slaughter.
Teachings of Silvanus
Teachings of Silvanus (49)
It is a great and good thing not to love fornication, and not even to think of the wretched matter at all, for to think of it is death. It is not...
Chapter 11: Of the Seventh Qualifying or Fountain Spirit in the Divine Power. (55)
Thou knowest very well that thou shouldst deal well and friendly with thy neighbour; also thou knowest well that thou shouldst not vilify thy own...
Dhammapada
Chapter XIII: The World (169)
Follow the law of virtue; do not follow that of sin. The virtuous rests in bliss in this world and in the next.
Dhammapada
Chapter IX: Evil (116)
If a man would hasten towards the good, he should keep his thought away from evil; if a man does what is good slothfully, his mind delights in evil.
Stromata (Miscellanies)
Chapter XXII: The True Gnostic Does Good, Not From Fear of Punishment or Hope of Reward, But Only for the Sake of Good Itself. (15)
Even Epicurus says, that the man who in his estimation was wise, "would not do wrong to any one for the sake of gain; for he could not persuade...
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXVIII (7)
And command thou the children of Israel that they do not this thing ; let them neither take nor give the younger before they have given the elder, for...
The Complete Sayings of Jesus
XVI. The Sermon on the Mount (concluded): Judge Not, Pearls Before Swine, Prayer, the Golden Rule, the Strait Gate, "I Never Knew You," Rock Foundation (7)
¶ Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
Book of Jubilees
Chapter XXI (15)
Ob- serve this commandment and do it, my son, that thou mayst be upright in all thy deeds.
Book of Enoch
Chapter XCIV (3)
And now I say unto you the righteous: Walk not in the paths of wickedness, nor in the paths of death, And draw not nigh to them, lest ye be destroyed.
Book of Enoch
Chapter CIV (9)
Be not godless in your hearts, and lie not and alter not the words of uprightness, nor charge with lying the words of the Holy Great One, nor take...
Dhammapada
Chapter XXI: Miscellaneous (292)
What ought to be done is neglected, what ought not to be done is done; the desires of unruly, thoughtless people are always increasing.
Egyptian Book of the Dead
Chapter LI (3)
Let me not fall into it; let me not approach it with my hands, let me not tread upon it with my sandals
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