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The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.
William Penn
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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.
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Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.
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And he that is taught to live upon little, owes more to his father's wisdom, than he that has a great deal left him, does to his father's care.
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Religion is the fear of God, and its demonstration good works and faith is the root of both: For without faith we cannot please God nor can we fear what we do not believe.
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Interest has the security, though not the virtue of a principle. As the world goes, it is the surest side for men daily leave both relations and religion to follow it.
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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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Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
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It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice.
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It were endless to dispute upon everything that is disputable.
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Disappointments that aren't a result of our own foolishness are a testing of our faith or a correction from heaven, and it is our own fault if these disappointments don't work for our own good.
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If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.
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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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