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Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.

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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
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Hast
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Charity
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Thee
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Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own.
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No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.
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Not to be provok'd is best: But if mov'd, never correct till the fume is spent for every stroke our fury strikes, is sure to hit our selves at last.
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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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The unspoken word never defeats one. What one does not say does not have to be explained.
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Sense shines with double lustre when set in humility.
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All excess is ill but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous, and mad.
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In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good presence this will carry you evenly through your day's business.
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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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Inquiry is human blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.
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