golden rule

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Etiquette expert Antoinette Akanji's has another golden rule: regift outside your social circle.

From BBC • Dec. 25, 2025

Papperger had broken a golden rule of dealing with the U.S. government: Never announce anything related to the sharing of technology without first getting approval.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 29, 2025

Historically, the game has followed a golden rule.

From Slate • Nov. 18, 2025

The golden rule of gift-giving etiquette is to avoid religion, politics and sex,” said Richie Frieman, an expert on work manners.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2024

Judge nobody, my good sir, till you've been in similar circumstances yourself—a golden rule, which might with advantage employ those illuminating colors with which ladies employ so much of their time just now.

From Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories by Ouida