William Penn Quotes
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No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences
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Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.
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In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good presence; this will carry you evenly through your day's business.
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Be sure that religion cannot be right that a man is the worse for having.
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Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. Yet it must be confessed that wit given an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.
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Perfect love casteth out fear.
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He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.
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Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.
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Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer, of a wise man.
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I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness.
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A jealous man only sees his own spectrum when he looks upon other men, and gives his character in theirs.
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I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do ... let me do it now.
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Inquire often, but judge rarely, and thou wilt not often be mistaken.
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Man, being made reasonable, and so a thinking creature, there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of his thoughts; since upon this depends both his usefulness to the public, and his own present and future benefit in all respects.
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For though Death be a dark passage, it leads to immortality, and that is recompence enough for suffering of it.
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Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
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Charity is ... a universal remedy against discord, and an holy cement for mankind.
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The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human life; you have much in little; they save time in speaking; and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer.
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Justice is justly represented blind, because she sees no difference in the parties concerned. She has but one scale and weight, for rich and poor, great and small.
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For we put the power in the people.
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Haste makes work which caution prevents.
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Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.
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My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.
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If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.