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There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom.

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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
Friendship
Freedom
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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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Peace can only be secured by justice never by force of arms.
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If thy debtor be honest and capable, thou hast thy money again, if not with increase, with praise if he prove insolvent, don't ruin him to get that which it will not ruin thee to lose, for thou art but a steward.
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The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
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It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.
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She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend.
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Nothing but a good life can fit men for a better one hereafter.
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If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.
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For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
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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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Never esteem people (including yourself) more because they have money, nor think less of anyone (including yourself) because they lack it. Virtue is the only just reason for respecting anyone, lack of virtue the only reason for holding anyone in low regard.
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We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdom and often the way to eternal happiness.
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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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No pain, no palm no thorns, no throne no gall, no glory no cross, no crown.
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