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Let us see what love can do.

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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
Author
Entrepreneur
Philosopher
Politician
Theologian
London
England
William Penn
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Interest has the security, though not the virtue of a principle. As the world goes, it is the surest side for men daily leave both relations and religion to follow it.
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A man in business must put up many affronts if he loves his own quiet.
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For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.
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A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going.
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A good End cannot sanctify evil Means nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
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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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Never give out while there is hope but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.
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It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.
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Disappointments that aren't a result of our own foolishness are a testing of our faith or a correction from heaven, and it is our own fault if these disappointments don't work for our own good.
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It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold their liberty by true obedience to rules of their own making.
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The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends.
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No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.
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Cunning to wise, is as an Ape to a Man.
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Nothing but a good life can fit men for a better one hereafter.
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For disappointments, that come not by our own folly, they are the trials or corrections of Heaven: and it is our own fault, if they prove not our advantage.
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Never marry but for love but see that thou lov'st what is lovely.
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Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas they live in one another still.
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But make not more business necessary than is so and rather lessen than augment work for thyself.
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Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.
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