golden rule
Example Sentences
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By posing for the magazine spread, the bankers had broken the golden rule of finance fashion: Never dress above your station—and certainly never better than the boss.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
The golden rule of credit-card spending is to pay off your balance every month.
From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026
Etiquette expert Antoinette Akanji's has another golden rule: regift outside your social circle.
From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025
Historically, the game has followed a golden rule.
From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025
The preacher is no more exempt than other people from the golden rule to put himself in his neighbour's place, and try to see things with his neighbour's eyes.
From Letters to the Clergy On The Lord's Prayer and the Church by Ruskin, John
