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He that lives in love lives in God.

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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
God
Lives
Love

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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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Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.
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It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable.
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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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Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own.
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Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.
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He that has more Knowledge than Judgment, is made for another Man's use more than his own.
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Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
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O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.
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To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as morals.
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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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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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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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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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No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself.
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Children, Fear God that is to say, have an holy awe upon your minds to avoid that which is evil, and a strict care to embrace and do that which is good.
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Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
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I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that I can do ... let me do it now.
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'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.
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