“Do not even think of doing what ought not to be done.”
Pythagoras (-585–-495 BC) ancient Greek mathematician and philosopher
"Pythagorean Ethical Sentences From Stobæus" (1904)
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“You nominate yourself to be the one who will courageously do what you think ought to be done, even if everyone is pressing you to do something else.”
Source: The Atheist’s Way (2009), p. 65
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