„I have ten commandments. The first nine are, thou shalt not bore.“

„Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.“

—  Paul of Tarsus, книга Послание к Римлянам

Letter to the Romans 13:8
Epistle to the Romans

„If I were to start as a God or a prophet I think I should take the line: "Thou shalt not believe in me. Thou shalt not have me for a God.“

—  Samuel Butler novelist 1835 - 1902

Samuel Butler's Notebooks (1912) self censored "d_____d" in original publication
Контексте: It is the manner of gods and prophets to begin: "Thou shalt have none other God or Prophet but me." If I were to start as a God or a prophet I think I should take the line: "Thou shalt not believe in me. Thou shalt not have me for a God. Thou shalt worship any d_____d thing thou likest except me." This should be my first and great commandment, and my second should be like unto it.

„There were rules among friends, commandments, really, and the most important one was Thou Shalt Not Lust After Thy Friend's Sister.“

—  Julia Quinn American novelist 1970

Источник: The Duke and I

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

—  Learned Hand American legal scholar, Court of Appeals judge 1872 - 1961

To The New York Legal Aid Society (16 February 1951).
Extra-judicial writings

„Thou shalt be free
As mountain winds: but then exactly do
All points of my command.“

—  William Shakespeare, The Tempest

Источник: The Tempest

„"Thou shalt not get found out" is not one of God's commandments, and no man can be saved by trying to keep it.“

—  Leonard Bacon American Congregational preacher and writer. 1802 - 1881

Reported in Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), p. 511.

„Neither make thy friend equal to a brother; but if thou shalt have made him so, be not the first to do him wrong.“

—  Hesiod, книга Works and Days

Источник: Works and Days (c. 700 BC), line 707.

„I give you my revised list of the two commandments: "Thou shalt always be honest and faithful to the provider of thy nookie", and "thou shalt try real hard not to kill anyone, unless of course they pray to a different invisible man than the one you pray to". Two is all you need; Moses could have carried them down the hill in his fuckin' pocket, and I wouldn't mind those folks in Alabama posting them on the courthouse wall, as long as they provided one additional commandment: "Thou shalt keep thy religion to thyself".“

—  George Carlin American stand-up comedian 1937 - 2008

"The Ten Commandments"
Complaints and Grievances (2001)

„Think thou and act; to-morrow thou shalt die“

—  Dante Gabriel Rossetti English poet, illustrator, painter and translator 1828 - 1882

The Choice
Контексте: Think thou and act; to-morrow thou shalt die
Outstretch'd in the sun's warmth upon the shore,
Thou say'st: "Man's measur'd path is all gone o'er:
Up all his years, steeply, with strain and sigh,
Man clomb until he touch'd the truth; and I,
Even I, am he whom it was destin'd for."
How should this be? Art thou then so much more
Than they who sow'd, that thou shouldst reap thereby?

„And thy traveyle shalt thou sone ende,
For to thy long home sone shalt thou wende.“

—  Robert Mannyng English chronicler 1275 - 1338

Источник: Handlyng Synne, Line 9193.

„In this sign thou shalt conquer“

—  Constantine the Great Roman emperor 274 - 337

As recorded in the Life of Emperor Constantine [De vita Imperatoris Constantini] by Eusebius
Добавить примечание: (el) ἐν τούτῳ νίκα.
Контексте: ""In this sign thou shalt conquer"" or ""In this sign you will conquer"", often rendered in its Latinized form: In hoc signo vinces; this motto is said to have been adopted by Constantine after his vision of a Chi Rho sign in the heavens just before his decisive battle with Maxentius, A. D. 312

„When the chips are down and the decisions are made as to who the candidates will be, then the 11th commandment prevails and everybody goes to work, and that is: Thou shalt not speak ill of another Republican.“

—  Ronald Reagan American politician, 40th president of the United States (in office from 1981 to 1989) 1911 - 2004

Remarks in New York City at a Reception for Delegates to the State Republican Convention http://www.reagan.utexas.edu/archives/speeches/1982/61782e.htm (17 June 1982), this is a restatement of "The Eleventh Commandment" by California Republican Party Chairman Gaylord Parkinson, which Reagan first used in 1966
1980s, First term of office (1981–1985)

„For those of you in the administration, who are coming after me … remember, you've broken three [of the 10 Commandments], let's not make it four; thou shalt not kill.“

—  Glenn Beck U.S. talk radio and television host 1964

Glenn Beck
Television
Fox News
Fox News
2010-03-23
Beck suggests Obama administration "coming after him" and may kill him
Media Matters for America
2010-03-23
http://mediamatters.org/mmtv/201003230049
2010s, 2010

„Regardless of nationality, all men are brothers. God is "our Father who art in heaven." The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" is unconditional and inexorable.“

—  Ben Salmon American activist 1889 - 1932

Letter To President Wilson http://archive.org/details/LetterToWilson1917 (June 5, 1917) by Ben Salmon
Контексте: Regardless of nationality, all men are brothers. God is "our Father who art in heaven." The commandment "Thou shalt not kill" is unconditional and inexorable. … The lowly Nazarene taught us the doctrine of non-resistance, and so convinced was he of the soundness of that doctrine that he sealed his belief with death on the cross. … When human law conflicts with Divine law, my duty is clear. Conscience, my infallible guide, impels me to tell you that prison, death, or both, are infinitely preferable to joining any branch of the Army.

„Persevere then until thou shalt have made these things thy own“

—  Marcus Aurelius, книга Meditations

X, 31
Meditations (c. 121–180 AD), Book X
Контексте: What matter and opportunity [for thy activity] art thou avoiding? For what else are all these things, except exercises for the reason, when it has viewed carefully and by examination into their nature the things which happen in life? Persevere then until thou shalt have made these things thy own, as the stomach which is strengthened makes all things its own, as the blazing fire makes flame and brightness out of everything that is thrown into it.

„Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in the first, thou shalt be accounted profane; if in the second, dangerous; if in the third, indiscreet and foolish.“

—  Walter Raleigh English aristocrat, writer, poet, soldier, courtier, spy, and explorer 1554 - 1618

Источник: Instructions to his Son and to Posterity (published 1632), Chapter IV

„I enjoyed being in The Ten Commandments. That was a great experience—to suddenly become one of those holy people. I was holier than thou.“

—  Yvonne De Carlo Canadian-American actress, dancer, and singer 1922 - 2007

„Thou shalt not blame or flatter any.“

—  Epictetus philosopher from Ancient Greece 50 - 138

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„That's the attitude, isn't it? It's all right to disobey the Ten Commandments, but just don't disobey the eleventh, "Thou shall not get caught."“

—  Martin Luther King, Jr. American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement 1929 - 1968

1950s, Rediscovering Lost Values (1954)
Контексте: Now that isn't the only thing that convinces me that we've strayed away from this attitude, this principle. The other thing is that we have adopted a sort of a pragmatic test for right and wrong—whatever works is right. If it works, it's all right. Nothing is wrong but that which does not work. If you don't get caught, it's right. [laughter] That's the attitude, isn't it? It's all right to disobey the Ten Commandments, but just don't disobey the eleventh, "Thou shall not get caught." [laughter] That's the attitude. That's the prevailing attitude in our culture. No matter what you do, just do it with a bit of finesse. You know, a sort of attitude of the survival of the slickest. Not the Darwinian survival of the fittest, but the survival of the slickest—whoever can be the slickest is the one who right. It's all right to lie, but lie with dignity. [laughter] It's all right to steal and to rob and extort, but do it with a bit of finesse. It's even all right to hate, but just dress your hate up in the garments of love and make it appear that you are loving when you are actually hating. Just get by! That's the thing that's right according to this new ethic. My friends, that attitude is destroying the soul of our culture. It's destroying our nation.