Definition of "golden rule" []

• The biblical teaching that one should behave toward others as one would have others behave toward oneself. (noun)

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• "Modern art he felt should be an interpretation and not a representment of reality, and he taught the golden rule of the artist that the half is usually more expressive than the whole."
• "Jules Parroquet, whose golden rule for the exploitation of a successful restaurant and night club was simple — a new name and orchestra to every two changes of paint — already considered it one of his triumphs."
• "The point is that I've made capital out of my dishonour-able scars by adhering to one golden rule - Flashy's Sufferance, I call it: always convey, but never say, that your injury is a sight worse than it really is."