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Between a Man and his Wife nothing ought to rule but Love. Believe nothing against another but on good authority and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.

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
Love
Greater
Report
Another
Reports
May
Rule
Nothing
Authority
Believe
Unless
Good
Ought
Never
Wife
Men
Hurt
Conceal

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For disappointments, that come not by our own folly, they are the trials or corrections of Heaven: and it is our own fault, if they prove not our advantage.
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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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Is it reasonable to take it ill, that anybody desires of us that which is their own? All we have is the Almighty's and shall not God have his own when he calls for it?
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If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him. Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.
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Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.
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