
ProverbMorality
French origin
Ne fais pas à autrui ce que tu ne voudrais pas qu'on te fasse
Meaning: Treat others as you would want to be treated.
Literally: Don't do to others what you wouldn't want done to you
Example: “Ne te moque pas de lui : ne fais pas à autrui ce que tu ne voudrais pas qu'on te fasse.” — Don't make fun of him: do unto others as you would have them do unto you.
Equivalents in English, Spanish, Japanese, German, Portuguese, and 5 more languages
English: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you
Spanish: Trata a los demás como quieras que te traten (literally: Treat others as you want to be treated)
Japanese: 己の欲せざる所、人に施す勿れ (Onore no hossezaru tokoro, hito ni hodokosu nakare) (literally: Do not impose on others what you do not wish for yourself)
German: Was du nicht willst, dass man dir tu, das füg auch keinem andern zu (literally: What you do not want done to you, do not do to anyone else either)
Portuguese: Não faças aos outros o que não gostas que te façam a ti (literally: Don't do to others what you wouldn't like done to you)
Dutch: Wat gij niet wilt dat u geschiedt, doe dat ook een ander niet (literally: What you don't want done to you, don't do to another)
Russian: Чего себе не хочешь, того и другому не твори (Chego sebe ne khochesh', togo i drugomu ne tvori) (literally: What you don't want for yourself, don't do to another)
Polish: Nie czyń drugiemu, co tobie niemiłe (literally: Don't do to another what you dislike)Arabic: عامل الناس بما تحب أن يعاملوك به (ʿĀmil an-nās bimā tuḥibbu an yuʿāmilūka bih) (literally: Treat people as you'd like them to treat you)
Turkish: İğneyi kendine, çuvaldızı başkasına batır (literally: Prick yourself with a needle before you prick others with a packing needle)
Origin: The golden rule in its negative form, found in the Book of Tobit ("do that to no man which thou hatest") and in the sayings of Confucius.
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