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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
Author
Entrepreneur
Philosopher
Politician
Theologian
London
England
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Recreation
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I have sometimes thought that people are, in a sort, happy, that nothing can put out of countenance with themselves, though they neither have nor merit other people's.
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Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.
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Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.
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Make few resolutions, but keep them strictly
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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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If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it. No man is compelled to evil: his consent only makes it his. It is no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.
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Above all things endeavor to breed them up the love of virtue, and that holy plain way of it which we have lived in, that the world in no part of it get into my family. I had rather they we're homely than finely bred as to outward behavior yet I love sweetness mixed with gravity, and cheerfulness tempered with sobriety.
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Friendship is the union of spirits.
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Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.
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Do good with what thou hast, or it will do thee no good.
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It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.
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Let us see what love can do.
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It is the amends of a short and troublesome life, that doing good and suffering ill entitles man to a longer and better.
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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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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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Five things are requisite to a good officer — ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality.
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Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.
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Levity of behavior, always a weakness, is far more unbecoming in a woman than a man.
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Clear therefore thy head, and rally, and manage thy thoughts rightly, and thou wilt save time, and see and do thy business well for thy judgment will be distinct, thy mind free, and the faculties strong and regular.
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It is the difference betwixt lust and love that this is fixed, that volatile. Love grows, lust wastes by enjoyment.
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