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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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[Tho]ugh death be a dark passage it leads to immortality, and that is recompense enough for suffering of it. And yet faith lights us, even through the grave....And this is the comfort of the good, and the grave cannot hold them, and they live as they die. For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
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Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
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We are told truly that meekness and modesty are the rich and charming garments of the soul. The less showy our outward attire is, the more distinctly and brilliantly does the beauty of these inner garments shine.
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The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume but a good stomach excels them all.
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Inquire often, but judge rarely, and thou wilt not often be mistaken.
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We have a call to do good, as often as we have the power and occasion.
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They that censure, should practice. Or else let them have the first stone, and the last too.
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It would go a long way to caution and direct people in their use of the world that they would better studied and known in the creation of it. For how could man find the confidence to abuse it, while they should see the Great Creator stare them in the face, in all and every part thereof?
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