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Always remember to bound thy thoughts to the present occasion.
William Penn
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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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It were endless to dispute upon everything that is disputable.
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Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
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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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Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.
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He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
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Children, Fear God that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good.
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Inquiry is human blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.
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Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.
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No pain, no palm no thorns, no throne no gall, no glory no cross, no crown.
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A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
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