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He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.

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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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Entrepreneur
Philosopher
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London
England
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Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.
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Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.
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