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It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.
William Penn
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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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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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Where thou art Obliged to speak, be sure speak the Truth: For Equivocation is half way to Lying, as Lying, the whole way to Hell.
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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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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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The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.
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Above all things endeavor to breed them up the love of virtue, and that holy plain way of it which we have lived in, that the world in no part of it get into my family. I had rather they we're homely than finely bred as to outward behavior yet I love sweetness mixed with gravity, and cheerfulness tempered with sobriety.
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The public must and will be served.
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Religion is the fear of God, and its demonstration good works and faith is the root of both: For without faith we cannot please God nor can we fear what we do not believe.
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