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Avoid popularity it has many snares, and no real benefit.

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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
Author
Entrepreneur
Philosopher
Politician
Theologian
London
England
William Penn
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Avoid
Benefits
Many
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Snares
Popularity

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It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a longer and better.
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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.
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No pain, no palm no thorns, no throne no gall, no glory no cross, no crown.
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