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Although of course I have not been true to my own precepts.

At the age of 26, he took the five precepts.

In so doing, she was following the precepts of her culture.

Those in the middle years had probably been raised by its precepts.

They are the precepts by which you will lead our troops.

As a general precept, I am sure you agree with that.

She had dozens of these precepts and most are still with me.

It was good thing no one followed that particular precept.

He wanted to bring those precepts to the study of Arabic.

There is, however, one precept on which I believe we are in agreement.

To make the season fun, I adopted a few precepts.

"No more than one seat per person" is another precept.

At this time the person will take the sixteen precepts.

That was the precept, and she had generally found it to be a true one.

He had absolutely no difficulty in following the first precept.

I have carried out every moral precept of our age.

This is commonly known as the second precept of the Church.

The entire Federation was built on those precepts, as you well know.

But some of the precepts are understood by many professionals.

In working on them, I was greatly helped by two simple precepts.

The precepts behind his work and that thing of power must be exactly the same."

Before the crisis, the basic precepts of the Russian economy were very different.

He does not, however, argue that the Church's sexual precepts can or should be changed.

We should base our drug policies on scientific evidence and public health precepts.

She is, according to the precepts of a certain perspective, entirely perfect.