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The best recreation is to do good.

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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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Entrepreneur
Philosopher
Politician
Theologian
London
England
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God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.
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You are Englishmen mind your privileges, give not away your right.
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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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