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I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness.

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
William Penn
Kindness
Religion
Civility
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Courtesy

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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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Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
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Neither great nor good things were ever attained without loss and hardships. Those that would reap and not labour, must faint with the wind, and perish in disappointments but an hair of my head shall not fall, without the providence of my Father that is over all.
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And he that is taught to live upon little, owes more to his father's wisdom, than he that has a great deal left him, does to his father's care.
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