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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
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God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.
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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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They that censure, should practice. Or else let them have the first stone, and the last too.
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Levity of behavior, always a weakness, is far more unbecoming in a woman than a man.
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Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.
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It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.
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Sense shines with double lustre when set in humility.
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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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A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him.
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Neither despise nor oppose what thou dost not understand.
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In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.
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Love is indeed Heaven upon Earth since Heaven above would not be Heaven without it: For where there is not Love there is Fear: But perfect Love casts out Fear. And yet we naturally fear most to offend what we most Love.
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Religion itself is nothing else but Love to God and Man. He that lives in Love lives in God, says the Beloved Disciple: And to be sure a Man can live no where better.
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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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A jealous man only sees his own spectrum when he looks upon other men, and gives his character in theirs.
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Friendship is the next pleasure we may hope for: and where we find it not at home, or have no home to find it in, we may seek it abroad. It is an union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue.
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'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.
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They that soar too high, often fall hard.
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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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Make few resolutions, but keep them strictly
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