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William Penn quotes: Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us. Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.
William Penn quotes: Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general; for one link being wanting, the chain is defective. Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general; for one link being wanting, the chain is defective.
William Penn quotes: If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools. If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.
William Penn quotes: True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment. True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
William Penn quotes: 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. 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.
William Penn quotes: It is safer to learn than teach; and who conceals his opinion has nothing to answer for. It is safer to learn than teach; and who conceals his opinion has nothing to answer for.
William Penn quotes: Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly. Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.
William Penn quotes: We are too careless of posterity; not considering that as they are, so the next generation will be. We are too careless of posterity; not considering that as they are, so the next generation will be.
William Penn quotes: Charity is ... a universal remedy against discord, and an holy cement for mankind. Charity is ... a universal remedy against discord, and an holy cement for mankind.
William Penn quotes: For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation. For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.
William Penn quotes: Never despise what you don't understand. Never despise what you don't understand.
William Penn quotes: Where judgment has wit to express it, there's the best orator. Where judgment has wit to express it, there's the best orator.
William Penn quotes: Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own. Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own.
William Penn quotes: Avoid popularity it has many snares and no real benefit. Avoid popularity it has many snares and no real benefit.
William Penn quotes: The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends. The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends.
William Penn quotes: If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it. If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.
William Penn quotes: To be like Christ is to be a Christian. To be like Christ is to be a Christian.
William Penn quotes: Five things are requisite to a good officer - ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality. Five things are requisite to a good officer - ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality.
William Penn quotes: He that lives to live forever, never fears dying. He that lives to live forever, never fears dying.
William Penn quotes: Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it. Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
William Penn quotes: Religion is nothing else but love of God and man. Religion is nothing else but love of God and man.
William Penn quotes: Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen. Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.
William Penn quotes: Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement. Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.
William Penn quotes: We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice. We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice.
William Penn quotes: Neither despise nor oppose what thou dost not understand. Neither despise nor oppose what thou dost not understand.
William Penn quotes: If thou rise with an Appetite, thou art sure never to sit down without one. If thou rise with an Appetite, thou art sure never to sit down without one.
William Penn quotes: Eat ... to live, and do not live to eat. Eat ... to live, and do not live to eat.
William Penn quotes: Always remember to bound thy thoughts to the present occasion. Always remember to bound thy thoughts to the present occasion.
William Penn quotes: The public must and will be served. The public must and will be served.
William Penn quotes: If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient. If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient.
William Penn quotes: Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of a wise man. Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of a wise man.
William Penn quotes: Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still. Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still.
William Penn quotes: A private Life is to be preferrd; the Honour and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it. A private Life is to be preferrd; the Honour and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it.
William Penn quotes: Though our Savior's passion is over, his compassion is not. Though our Savior's passion is over, his compassion is not.
William Penn quotes: Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason. Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.
William Penn quotes: Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
William Penn quotes: What man in his right mind would conspire his own hurt? Men are beside themselves when they transgress against their convictions. What man in his right mind would conspire his own hurt? Men are beside themselves when they transgress against their convictions.
William Penn quotes: Cunning to wise, is as an Ape to a Man. Cunning to wise, is as an Ape to a Man.
William Penn quotes: The usefulest truths are the plainest. The usefulest truths are the plainest.
William Penn quotes: The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune. The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.
William Penn quotes: It were endless to dispute upon everything that is disputable. It were endless to dispute upon everything that is disputable.
William Penn quotes: Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.
William Penn quotes: If we would mend the World, we should mend Ourselves; and teach our Children to be, not what we are, but what they should be. If we would mend the World, we should mend Ourselves; and teach our Children to be, not what we are, but what they should be.
William Penn quotes: For we put the power in the people. For we put the power in the people.
William Penn quotes: A vain man is a nauseous creature: he is so full of himself that he has no room for anything else, be it never so good or deserving. A vain man is a nauseous creature: he is so full of himself that he has no room for anything else, be it never so good or deserving.
William Penn quotes: Government seems to me to be a part of religion itself - a thing sacred in its institutions and ends. Government seems to me to be a part of religion itself - a thing sacred in its institutions and ends.
William Penn quotes: Let us then try what love can do to mend a broken world. Let us then try what love can do to mend a broken world.
William Penn quotes: Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains. Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
William Penn quotes: We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that. We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.
William Penn quotes: If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them to him. If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them to him.
William Penn quotes: A man in business must put up many affronts if he loves his own quiet. A man in business must put up many affronts if he loves his own quiet.
William Penn quotes: Truth never lost ground by enquiry. Truth never lost ground by enquiry.
William Penn quotes: You are Englishmen; mind your privileges, give not away your right. You are Englishmen; mind your privileges, give not away your right.
William Penn quotes: Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns. Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.
William Penn quotes: For nothing reaches the heart but what is from the heart, or pierces the conscience but what comes from a living conscience For nothing reaches the heart but what is from the heart, or pierces the conscience but what comes from a living conscience
William Penn quotes: Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly ... Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly ...
William Penn quotes: A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him. A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him.
William Penn quotes: If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it. If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.
William Penn quotes: Choose a friend as thou dost a wife, till death separate you. Choose a friend as thou dost a wife, till death separate you.
William Penn quotes: Where thou art Obliged to speak, be sure speak the Truth: For Equivocation is half way to Lying, as Lying, the whole way to Hell. Where thou art Obliged to speak, be sure speak the Truth: For Equivocation is half way to Lying, as Lying, the whole way to Hell.
William Penn quotes: It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire; and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice. It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire; and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice.
William Penn quotes: Let the people think they govern and they will be governed Let the people think they govern and they will be governed
William Penn quotes: It is a cruel folly to offer up to ostentation so many lives of creatures, as to make up the state of our treats. It is a cruel folly to offer up to ostentation so many lives of creatures, as to make up the state of our treats.
William Penn quotes: If men be good, government cannot be bad. If men be good, government cannot be bad.
William Penn quotes: Nor must we always be neutral where our neighbors are concerned: for tho' meddling is a fault, helping is a duty. Nor must we always be neutral where our neighbors are concerned: for tho' meddling is a fault, helping is a duty.
William Penn quotes: But make not more business necessary than is so; and rather lessen than augment work for thyself. But make not more business necessary than is so; and rather lessen than augment work for thyself.
William Penn quotes: Excess in apparel is another costly folly. The very trimming of the vain world would clothe all the naked ones. Excess in apparel is another costly folly. The very trimming of the vain world would clothe all the naked ones.
William Penn quotes: Death then, being the way and condition of life, we cannot love to live if we cannot bear to die. Death then, being the way and condition of life, we cannot love to live if we cannot bear to die.
William Penn quotes: Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it. Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.
William Penn quotes: He that lives to forever, never fears dying. He that lives to forever, never fears dying.
William Penn quotes: Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other. Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.
William Penn quotes: Tis admirable to consider, how Powerful the Kings are, yet they move by the Breath of their People. Tis admirable to consider, how Powerful the Kings are, yet they move by the Breath of their People.
William Penn quotes: Never chide with anger, but instruction. Never chide with anger, but instruction.
William Penn quotes: Death cannot kill that which does not die. Death cannot kill that which does not die.
William Penn quotes: Death cannot kill what never dies. Death cannot kill what never dies.
William Penn quotes: Never marry but for love; but see that thou lov'st what is lovely. Never marry but for love; but see that thou lov'st what is lovely.
William Penn quotes: Be rather bountiful, than expensive. Be rather bountiful, than expensive.
William Penn quotes: Perfect love casteth out fear. Perfect love casteth out fear.
William Penn quotes: False-dealing travels a short road, and surely detected. False-dealing travels a short road, and surely detected.
William Penn quotes: Wear none of thine own Chains; but keep free, whilst thou art free. Wear none of thine own Chains; but keep free, whilst thou art free.
William Penn quotes: She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend. She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend.
William Penn quotes: It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable. It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable.
William Penn quotes: Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good. Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.
William Penn quotes: It is not only a troublesome but slavish to be nice [fastidious]. It is not only a troublesome but slavish to be nice [fastidious].
William Penn quotes: Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last. Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.
William Penn quotes: Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue
William Penn quotes: The usefullest truths are plainest; and while we keep to them, our differences cannot rise high. The usefullest truths are plainest; and while we keep to them, our differences cannot rise high.
William Penn quotes: He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end. He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
William Penn quotes: We have a call to do good, as often as we have the power and occasion. We have a call to do good, as often as we have the power and occasion.
William Penn quotes: Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants. Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
William Penn quotes: 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. 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.
William Penn quotes: To be furious in religion is to be irreligiously religious. To be furious in religion is to be irreligiously religious.
William Penn quotes: There is a truth and beauty in rhetoric; but it oftener serves ill turns than good ones. There is a truth and beauty in rhetoric; but it oftener serves ill turns than good ones.
William Penn quotes: Men not living to what they know, cannot blame God, that they know no more. Men not living to what they know, cannot blame God, that they know no more.
William Penn quotes: The Country is both the Philosopher's Garden and his Library, in which he Reads and Contemplates the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God. The Country is both the Philosopher's Garden and his Library, in which he Reads and Contemplates the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God.
William Penn quotes: It is the difference betwixt lust and love that this is fixed, that volatile. Love grows, lust wastes by enjoyment. It is the difference betwixt lust and love that this is fixed, that volatile. Love grows, lust wastes by enjoyment.
William Penn quotes: We are too apt to love praise, but not to deserve it. We are too apt to love praise, but not to deserve it.
William Penn quotes: 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. 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.
William Penn quotes: Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the reason of it. Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the reason of it.
William Penn quotes: To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations. To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.

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