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Haste makes work which caution prevents.

William Penn

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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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If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not give them to him. Such a disposition is like lighting another man's candle by one's own, which loses none of its brilliancy by what the other gains.
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It is profitable wisdom to know when we have done enough: Much time and pains are spared in not flattering ourselves against probabilities.
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Inquire often, but judge rarely, and thou wilt not often be mistaken.
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Where charity keeps pace with gain, industry is blessed.
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Is it reasonable to take it ill, that anybody desires of us that which is their own? All we have is the Almighty's and shall not God have his own when he calls for it?
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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. In fine, he that is drunk is not a man: because he is so long void of Reason, that distinguishes a Man from a Beast.
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It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.
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The Remedy often proves worse than the Disease.
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Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
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'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.
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If we are but sure the end is right, we are too apt to gallop over all bounds to compass it not considering the lawful ends may be very unlawfully attained.
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Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
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Though our Savior's passion is over, his compassion is not.
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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 cannot kill that which does not die.
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Always remember to bound thy thoughts to the present occasion.
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Man, being made reasonable, and so a thinking creature, there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of his thoughts since upon this depends both his usefulness to the public, and his own present and future benefit in all respects.
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The best recreation is to do good.
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For nothing reaches the heart but what is from the heart, or pierces the conscience but what comes from a living conscience
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For though Death be a dark passage, it leads to immortality, and that is recompence enough for suffering of it.
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