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Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.

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
Men
Treasure
Wise
Knowledge

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The unspoken word never defeats one. What one does not say does not have to be explained.
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Death then, being the way and condition of life, we cannot love to live if we cannot bear to die.
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We are told truly that meekness and modesty are the rich and charming garments of the soul. The less showy our outward attire is, the more distinctly and brilliantly does the beauty of these inner garments shine.
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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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The way, like the cross, is spiritual: that is an inward submission of the soul to the will of God, as it is manifested by the light of Christ in the consciences of men, though it be contrary to their own inclinations.
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I have sometimes thought that people are, in a sort, happy, that nothing can put out of countenance with themselves, though they neither have nor merit other people's.
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Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.
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Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.
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Be sure that religion cannot be right that a man is the worse for having.
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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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True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
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The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them they are notable measures of directions for human life you have much in little they save time in speaking and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer.
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Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.
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Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.
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In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.
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It would go a long way to caution and direct people in their use of the world that they would better studied and known in the creation of it. For how could man find the confidence to abuse it, while they should see the Great Creator stare them in the face, in all and every part thereof?
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Government seems to me to be a part of religion itself - a thing sacred in its institutions and ends.
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The usefullest truths are plainest and while we keep to them, our differences cannot rise high.
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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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Frugality is good if liberality be joined with it. The first is leaving off superfluous expenses the last is bestowing them to the benefit of others that need. The first without the last begets covetousness the last without the first begets prodigality.
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