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Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.

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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
Folly
Speaking
Silence
Wisdom

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If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not give them to him. Such a disposition is like lighting another man's candle by one's own, which loses none of its brilliancy by what the other gains.
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It is admirable to consider how many millions of people come into, and go out of the world, ignorant of themselves and of the world they have lived in.
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Let us then try what Love will do: For if Men do once see we love them, we should soon find they would not harm us.
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For disappointments, that come not by our own folly, they are the trials or corrections of Heaven: and it is our own fault, if they prove not our advantage.
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A jealous man only sees his own spectrum when he looks upon other men, and gives his character in theirs.
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The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them they are notable measures of directions for human life you have much in little they save time in speaking and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer.
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It is safer to learn than teach and who conceals his opinion has nothing to answer for.
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God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.
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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.
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In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon God, and feel His good presence this will carry you evenly through your day's business.
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Always remember to bound thy thoughts to the present occasion.
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Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
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It is a severe rebuke upon us, that God makes us so many allowances, and we make so few to our neighbour.
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Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
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Never despise what you don't understand.
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Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. Yet it must be confessed that wit given an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.
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Oppression makes a poor country.
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Choose a friend as thou dost a wife, till death separate you.
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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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