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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.

William Penn

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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
Theologian
London
England
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He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
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If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it. No man is compelled to evil: his consent only makes it his. It is no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.
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Levity of behavior, always a weakness, is far more unbecoming in a woman than a man.
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Children, Fear God that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good.
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I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
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Never give out while there is hope but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.
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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.
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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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Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own.
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Sense shines with double lustre when set in humility.
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True Godliness doesn't turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it, and excites their endeavors to mend it. ...We have nothing that we can call our own no, not our selves: for we are all but Tenants, and at Will, too, of the great Lord of our selves, and the rest of this great farm, the World that we live upon.
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Death cannot kill that which does not die.
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