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True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.

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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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Nothing but a good life can fit men for a better one hereafter.
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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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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. And yet we naturally fear most to offend what we most Love.
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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 know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness.
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Cunning to wise, is as an Ape to a Man.
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It is profitable wisdom to know when we have done enough: Much time and pains are spared in not flattering ourselves against probabilities.
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All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and mad. In fine, he that is drunk is not a man: because he is so long void of Reason, that distinguishes a Man from a Beast.
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