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silver rules

silver rules is the plural of silver rule.

Meaning of silver rule

Noun

silver rule (plural silver rules)

  1. The principle that one should not treat other people in the manner in which one would not want to be treated by them.
    • Confucius (551-479 BC) squarely faces the issue and gives us the first specific statement of the rule in its negative form, sometimes referred to as the "Silver Rule."1934, J. O. Hertzler, “On Golden Rules”, in International Journal of Ethics, volume 44, number 4, page 421

Questions about silver rules

What is silver rules the plural of?
Silver rules is the plural of silver rule.

Words near silver rules in the dictionary

  1. silver quandong
  2. silver ratio
  3. silver ratios
  4. silver retention
  5. silver rule
  6. silver rules
  7. silver salmon
  8. silver salmons
  9. silver sand
  10. silver screen
  11. silver screens

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