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Nothing can be more injudicious; for thou, my friend, who preachest to me that all the world is born perverse, warnest me that thou art born such also, and that I must mistrust thee as I would a fox or a crocodile.
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Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
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Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
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Thou therefore which teachest another, teachest thou not thyself? thou that preachest a man should not steal, dost thou steal? thou that sayest a man should not commit adultery, dost thou commit adultery? thou that abhorrest idols, dost thou commit sacrilege? thou that makest thy boast of the law, through breaking the law dishonorest thou God?
Romans 2. 1999
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Thow fals Heretik preachest aganis the Sacramentis, saying, That thare ar not Sevin Sacramentis.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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Then the mighty-armed Bhimasena, filled with wrath, O bull of Bharata's race, reproaching Kunti's son, Arjuna, said these words, 'Thou preachest truths of morality like an anchorite living in the woods or a Brahmana of rigid vows and senses under complete control.
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7 Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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It is even this: O thou that supportest thyself on thy wings, though thy heart is affected (by the passions), thou preachest yet
The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa Translated into English Prose Sabha Parva Kisari Mohan [Translator] Ganguli
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Thou that preachest, a man should not steal, dost thou steal?
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Thou therefore, that teachest another, teachest not thyself: thou, that preachest that men should not steal, stealest.
The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 52: Romans The Challoner Revision
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Thou preachest quietly and priuatly in houses and openly in the fieldes.
The Works of John Knox, Vol. 1 (of 6) John Knox
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