precept

1. A rule or principle, especially one governing personal conduct.

   Precept guides, but example draws.

   Gebot, Vorschrift, Grundsatz

   при́нципpríncip, за́поведьzápovedʹ, заве́тzavét

   rule of personal conduct

2. A written command, especially a demand for payment.

3. (Британия)An order issued by one local authority to another specifying the rate of tax to be charged on its behalf.

4. (Британия)A tax rate set by such an order; the tax thus collected.

1. An ounce of practice is worth a pound of precept.

   deEin Quäntchen Übung ist gleich viel wert wie ein Pfund Belehrung.

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2. Example is better than precept.

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3. Example is the best precept.

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4. Your god isn't found in any book, but you want everyone to live by his precepts.

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5. Muslims who are tolerant are no longer Muslims because they no longer apply the precepts of Islam that are liberticidal.

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