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Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.

William Penn

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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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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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The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends.
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We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.
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That plenty should produce either covetousness or prodigality is a perversion of providence and yet the generality of men are the worse for their riches.
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