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They that soar too high, often fall hard.
William Penn
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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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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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Never give out while there is hope but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.
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Love labour: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physique. It is wholesome for the body, and good for the mind. It prevents the fruits of idleness, which many times come of nothing to do, and leads many to do what is worse than nothing.
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True Godliness doesn't turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it, and excites their endeavors to mend it. ...We have nothing that we can call our own no, not our selves: for we are all but Tenants, and at Will, too, of the great Lord of our selves, and the rest of this great farm, the World that we live upon.
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It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.
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Men being born with a title to perfect freedom and uncontrolled enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law of nature. No one can be put out of his estate and subjected to the political view of another, without his consent.
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Never despise what you don't understand.
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Five things are requisite to a good officer — ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality.
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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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Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.
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Nor yet be overeager in pursuit of any thing for the mercurial too often happen to leave judgment behind them, and sometimes make work for repentance.
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