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Truth never lost ground by enquiry.

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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
Lost
Truth
Never
Enquiry
Ground

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A good End cannot sanctify evil Means nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
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If thou wouldst be happy, bring thy mind to thy condition, and have an indifferency for more than what is sufficient.
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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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It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable.
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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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Excess in apparel is another costly folly. The very trimming of the vain world would clothe all the naked ones.
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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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Religion is nothing else but love of God and man.
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What man in his right mind would conspire his own hurt? Men are beside themselves when they transgress against their convictions.
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Peace can only be secured by justice never by force of arms.
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Where charity keeps pace with gain, industry is blessed.
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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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A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
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Choose thy clothes by thine own eyes, not another's.
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Next to God, thy parents.
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Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.
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Oppression makes a poor country.
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To be innocent is to be not guilty but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.
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If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.
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And he that is taught to live upon little, owes more to his father's wisdom, than he that has a great deal left him, does to his father's care.
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