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I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do ... let me do it now.

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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
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Kindness
Expect
Therefore
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Show is not substance realities govern wise men.
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Death cannot kill what never dies.
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Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
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For nothing reaches the heart but what is from the heart, or pierces the conscience but what comes from a living conscience
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Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
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Where Example keeps pace with Authority, Power hardly fails to be obey'd.
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Friendship is the union of spirits.
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Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.
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It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.
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This is the Comfort of Friends, that though they may be said to Die, yet their Friendship and Society are, in the best Sense, ever present, because Immortal
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You are Englishmen mind your privileges, give not away your right.
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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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You are now fixed at the mercy of no governor that comes to make his fortune great you shall be governed by laws of your own making and live a free, and if you will, a sober and industrious life. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person. God has furnished me with a better resolution and has given me his grace to keep it.
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If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them to him.
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Between a Man and his Wife nothing ought to rule but Love. Believe nothing against another but on good authority and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.
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Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
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Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.
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Never despise what you don't understand.
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No religion is better than an unnatural one.
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There is a troublesome humor some men have, that if they may not lead, they will not follow but had rather a thing were never done, than not done their own way, tho' other ways very desirable.
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