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A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going.
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In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
William Penn
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Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.
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Sense shines with double lustre when set in humility.
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Religion is nothing else but love of God and man.
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Death cannot kill what never dies.
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If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not give them to him. Such a disposition is like lighting another man's candle by one's own, which loses none of its brilliancy by what the other gains.
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Neither great nor good things were ever attained without loss and hardships. Those that would reap and not labour, must faint with the wind, and perish in disappointments; but an hair of my head shall not fall, without the providence of my Father that is over all.
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Men being born with a title to perfect freedom and uncontrolled enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law of nature. No one can be put out of his estate and subjected to the political view of another, without his consent.
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We have a call to do good, as often as we have the power and occasion.
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Choose thy clothes by thine own eyes, not another's.
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There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.
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Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.
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If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.
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Never marry but for love; but see that thou lov'st what is lovely.
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They that soar too high, often fall hard.
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There is nothing of which we are apt to be so lavish as of time, and about which we ought to be more solicitous; since without it we can do nothing in this world.
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True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
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Where Example keeps pace with Authority, Power hardly fails to be obey'd.
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Did we believe a final Reckoning and Judgment; or did we think enough of what we do believe, we would allow more Love in Religion than we do; since Religion it self is nothing else but Love to God and Man. Love is indeed Heaven upon Earth; since Heaven above would not be Heaven without it: For where there is not Love; there is Fear: But perfect Love casts out Fear. Love is above all; and when it prevails in us all, we shall all be Lovely, and in Love with God and one with another.
William Penn
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It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.
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Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
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If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.
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Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.
William Penn