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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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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.
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If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.
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We are too careless of posterity not considering that as they are, so the next generation will be.
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The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.
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It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.
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Love labor: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physic. It is wholesome for thy body and good for thy mind.
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A jealous man only sees his own spectrum when he looks upon other men, and gives his character in theirs.
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True Godliness doesn't turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it, and excites their endeavors to mend it. ...We have nothing that we can call our own no, not our selves: for we are all but Tenants, and at Will, too, of the great Lord of our selves, and the rest of this great farm, the World that we live upon.
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The only fountain in the wilderness of life, where man drinks of water totally unmixed with bitterness, is that which gushes for him in the calm and shady recess of domestic life.
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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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He who gives to the poor, lends to the Lord. But it may be said, not improperly, the Lord lends to us to give to the poor.
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To be innocent is to be not guilty but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations.
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In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.
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There is a truth and beauty in rhetoric but it oftener serves ill turns than good ones.
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To have religion upon authority, and not upon conviction, is like a finger-watch, to be set forwards or backwards, as he pleases that has it in keeping.
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To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals.
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We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdom and often the way to eternal happiness.
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Nothing but a good life can fit men for a better one hereafter.
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Levity of behavior, always a weakness, is far more unbecoming in a woman than a man.
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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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