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A corollary, Hughes' law, exists in moral philosophy, stating that, "The evil acts of bad men elicit from better men acts which, under better circumstances, would also be called evil." [32] In the market for used cars, lemon automobiles (analogous to bad currency) will drive out the good cars. [33] The problem is one of asymmetry of information.
The Sixth Commandment, as translated by the Book of Common Prayer (1549). The image is from the altar screen of the Temple Church near the Law Courts in London.. Thou shalt not kill (LXX, KJV; Ancient Greek: Οὐ φονεύσεις, romanized: Ou phoneúseis), You shall not murder (NIV, Biblical Hebrew: לֹא תִּרְצָח, romanized: Lo tirṣaḥ) or Do not murder (), is a moral ...
For the love of money is the root of all of evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows. (The full verse is shown but Bold added being the subject of this page.) Another popular text, the New International Version has "For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil
If you deny the power of magic after having called upon it with success, you will lose all you have obtained. Do not complain about anything to which you need not subject yourself. Do not harm little children. Do not kill non-human animals unless you are attacked or for your food. When walking in open territory, bother no one.
shall not be extinguished: Motto of the Society of Antiquaries of London accompanying their Lamp of knowledge emblem non facias malum ut inde fiat bonum: you should not make evil in order that good may be made from it: More simply, "don't do wrong to do right". The direct opposite of the phrase "the ends justify the means". non hos quaesitum ...
"Thou Shalt Not Kill" is an article by Leo Tolstoy. [1] Written in 1890, it was immediately censored by the Russian censors, [ 2 ] and was finally published on August 8, 1900. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] It is about how rulers, kings, and presidents are murderers for ordering armies to commit murder, and how the assassinations of such rulers should come as no ...
Yes, I believe the white man has a nature he must contend with, and historically, that nature has been aggressive, violent, conquering, and prone to devilishment. But to me, there’s a simple ...
One man would not lend the other his ax, then the next day, the same man asks the other for his ax. If the second man should say, " 'I will not lend it to you, just as you did not lend to me,' it constitutes revenge; if 'Here it is for you; I am not like you, who did not lend me,' it constitutes a grudge.