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Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.

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
Fear
Death
Live
Never
Dying
Forever

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You are now fixed at the mercy of no governor that comes to make his fortune great you shall be governed by laws of your own making and live a free, and if you will, a sober and industrious life. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person. God has furnished me with a better resolution and has given me his grace to keep it.
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For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.
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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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He who gives to the poor, lends to the Lord. But it may be said, not improperly, the Lord lends to us to give to the poor.
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I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
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Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the reason of it.
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Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
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That plenty should produce either covetousness or prodigality is a perversion of providence and yet the generality of men are the worse for their riches.
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Sense shines with double lustre when set in humility.
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Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
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My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.
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