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Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas they live in one another still.
William Penn
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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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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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The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
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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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Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
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Excess in apparel is another costly folly. The very trimming of the vain world would clothe all the naked ones.
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Be sure that religion cannot be right that a man is the worse for having.
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Inquire often, but judge rarely, and thou wilt not often be mistaken.
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The unspoken word never defeats one. What one does not say does not have to be explained.
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We are too careless of posterity not considering that as they are, so the next generation will be.
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