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  1. I prefer “your freedom ends where the other's freedom begins.” There are contradictions in whose phrase it is. But still very useful.

  2. The wisest aphorism is the “golden rule of morality”.

    Which can be formulated as “Treat people the way you want them to treat you.” The negative formulation of this rule is also known: “do not do to others what you do not want to do to yourself.”

    Matthew 7: 12 says, ” Therefore in all things whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you, so do ye also unto them: for this is the law and the prophets.”

    In the Gospel of Luke:” And as ye would that men should do unto you, so do ye also unto them ” (Luke 6:31).

    In Aristotle: “How to behave with friends?”, Aristotle answers: “The way I would like them to behave with you”

    In Judaism, Rabbi Hillel swarmed: “Do not do to your neighbor what you hate: this is the whole Torah. The rest is an explanation; now go and learn.”

    In Islam, in the Sunnah (not included in the Qur'an) – “Do to all people what you would like people to do to you, and do not do to others what you would not want yourself to do”

    Mahabharata: Let [a person] not cause others anything that is unpleasant to him. This is the dharma in short-everything else comes from desire.

    Confucius taught “Don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself.” A disciple of Tzu-gong asked: “Is it possible to be guided by one word all your life?” The Teacher answered: “This word is reciprocity. Don't do to others what you don't want to do to yourself.”�

    I don't know a wiser everyday aphorism. But I will also read other answers.

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