Love thy neighbor as thyself
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Remember what the Bible teaches us, ‘Thou shalt not avenge, nor bear any grudge against the children of thy people, but thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself.’
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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These you have got to do anyhow, but they are meant to inflow into every action of your life and to make the basic principle of them all, "Thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
From Education: How Old The New by Walsh, James J.
You, especially, in such case, need to "love thy neighbor as thyself."
From Manual of the Enumeration A Text Book on the Sciences of the Enumeration by Coffman, C. J.
“But love thy neighbor as thyself, His friend, his helper be, And show that mercy unto him Which God has shown to thee.”
From Heart Utterances at Various Periods of a Chequered Life by Gurney, Eliza Paul
"Nay, He added to the Commandments the one tenderer rule—thou shalt love thy neighbor as thyself."
From A Little Girl in Old Philadelphia by Douglas, Amanda Minnie
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