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It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold their liberty by true obedience to rules of their own making.

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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
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London
England
William Penn
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It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a longer and better.
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Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
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It is not only a troublesome but slavish to be nice [fastidious].
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All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and mad. In fine, he that is drunk is not a man: because he is so long void of Reason, that distinguishes a Man from a Beast.
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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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It is a severe rebuke upon us, that God makes us so many allowances, and we make so few to our neighbour.
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The Country is both the Philosopher's Garden and his Library, in which he Reads and Contemplates the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God.
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Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.
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