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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
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Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.
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It is a cruel folly to offer up to ostentation so many lives of creatures, as to make up the state of our treats.
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Though our Savior's passion is over, his compassion is not.
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The humble, meek, merciful, and just are everywhere of one religion and when death has taken off the mask they will know one another, though the diverse liveries they wear here make them strangers.
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It is the difference betwixt lust and love that this is fixed, that volatile. Love grows, lust wastes by enjoyment.
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Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
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Naked Truth needs no shift.
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'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.
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No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.
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If we would mend the World, we should mend Ourselves and teach our Children to be, not what we are, but what they should be.
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Death cannot kill that which does not die.
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Tis the glory of a man to vail to truth as it is the mark of a good nature to be easily entreated.
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Interest has the security, though not the virtue of a principle. As the world goes, it is the surest side for men daily leave both relations and religion to follow it.
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He that lives in love lives in God.
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Men being born with a title to perfect freedom and uncontrolled enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law of nature. No one can be put out of his estate and subjected to the political view of another, without his consent.
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Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
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The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
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Religion is nothing else but love of God and man.
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I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do ... let me do it now.
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They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.
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