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Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.

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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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Entrepreneur
Philosopher
Politician
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London
England
William Penn
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Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.
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I have sometimes thought that people are, in a sort, happy, that nothing can put out of countenance with themselves, though they neither have nor merit other people's.
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It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice.
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Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.
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You are now fixed at the mercy of no governor that comes to make his fortune great you shall be governed by laws of your own making and live a free, and if you will, a sober and industrious life. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person. God has furnished me with a better resolution and has given me his grace to keep it.
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This is the Comfort of Friends, that though they may be said to Die, yet their Friendship and Society are, in the best Sense, ever present, because Immortal
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We need to stop arguing about Christ and start living like Christ.
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Friendship is the union of spirits.
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Tis the glory of a man to vail to truth as it is the mark of a good nature to be easily entreated.
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Love labor: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physic. It is wholesome for thy body and good for thy mind.
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False-dealing travels a short road, and surely detected.
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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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The public must and will be served.
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