Amber Liu

I was on an army show, and in the army - especially in Korean culture - there's a very, very strict hierarchy. Obviously, you would not talk informally or disrespectfully to your commanding officer. But me, in my limited Korean, I basically told my commanding officer, 'Thou shalt forget!' The Korean public thought it was really funny.

Taiwanese Musician

Peter Singer

I believe that in this new world that we live in, we often have a responsibility, you know, to actually go beyond the thou shalt nots - that is, the not harming others - and say we can help others and we should be helping others.

Australian Philosopher

Phyllis Schlafly

And the first commandment of feminism is: I am woman; thou shalt not tolerate strange gods who assert that women have capabilities or often choose roles that are different from men's.

American Activist

Philip Pullman

We don't need lists of rights and wrongs, tables of do's and don'ts: we need books, time, and silence. Thou shalt not is soon forgotten, but Once upon a time lasts forever.

British Writer

Moshe Vardi

Humanity is about to face perhaps its greatest challenge ever, which is finding meaning in life after the end of 'In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread.

Israeli Mathematician

George Edward Woodberry

Is there not an art, a music, and a stream of words that shalt be life, the acknowledged voice of life?

American Critic

Sophocles

If we are to keep our democracy, there must be one commandment: 'Thou shalt not ration justice.

Greek Poet

John Tiffany

Thou shalt not bore' is a commandment that should be at the centre of our ambitions.

English Director

Otto Rank

Austrian Psychologist

Learned Hand

American Judge

Used in religious contexts, often in the Bible's Ten Commandments.

Biblical Command

Conveys a solemn or formal tone, usually found in historic texts.

Archaic Tone

Sometimes used in poetry or literature to give an old-fashioned or classical feel.

Poetic Flair

 commandments thou shalt not have any graven images before me or any likeness of the heavens above or the earth beneath are the waters honor the earth over the last twenty years because there's so many tourists coming by they're trained to keep their face protected it's just what they're taught

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 They're very inspiring leaders, even though I disagree with much of what they say. Also, thou shalt not disregard the irrational. This one was very unexpected because, you know, I grew up with the scientific worldview,

My year of living...

 like "Thou shalt not kill." So you should not take an action that explicitly harms a human being, and you should let the car take its course even if that's going to harm more people. What do you think? Bentham or Kant?

What moral decisions...

 He would definitely say, "God came down from heaven, and he said unto the cow, 'Thou shalt cross the road.' And cow crossed the road, and there was much rejoicing as a holy cow."

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 "All hail Macbeth," they prophesize, "that shalt be king hereafter!" "King?" Macbeth wonders. Just what would he have to do to gain the crown? Macbeth and his wife Lady Macbeth

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 Thou shalt not kill, thou shalt not steal, thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's wife." "Although to be honest, when I was at Number 11 that was never going to be a problem."

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 Billy the medes as much a commandment from God when he said they shall take up serpents is it was the ten commands when he said thou shalt not commit adultery snake

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 I don't know quite where this diktat comes from. Somebody up there is issuing the commandment, "Thou shalt not believe in the aquatic theory.

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 ♫ thou shalt kiss, thou shalt love. ♫ ♫ My feet, they glide and float, ♫

Shalt

A old way to say 'will', used to express what is going to happen or should happen in the future.

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Archaic Tone

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