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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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Love is indeed Heaven upon Earth since Heaven above would not be Heaven without it: For where there is not Love there is Fear: But perfect Love casts out Fear. And yet we naturally fear most to offend what we most Love.
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Death cannot kill what never dies.
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We are told truly that meekness and modesty are the rich and charming garments of the soul. The less showy our outward attire is, the more distinctly and brilliantly does the beauty of these inner garments shine.
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For though Death be a dark passage, it leads to immortality, and that is recompence enough for suffering of it.
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You are Englishmen mind your privileges, give not away your right.
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But make not more business necessary than is so and rather lessen than augment work for thyself.
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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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I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.
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Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.
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God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.
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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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Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.
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Covetousness is the greatest of monsters, as well as the root of all evil.
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Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.
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A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going.
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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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A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
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Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue
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She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend.
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For we put the power in the people.
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