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The usefulest truths are the plainest.

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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
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The public must and will be served.
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The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends.
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Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.
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If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.
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Disappointments that aren't a result of our own foolishness are a testing of our faith or a correction from heaven, and it is our own fault if these disappointments don't work for our own good.
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For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.
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It were endless to dispute upon everything that is disputable.
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A vain man is a nauseous creature: he is so full of himself that he has no room for anything else, be it never so good or deserving.
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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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My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.
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If thou rise with an Appetite, thou art sure never to sit down without one.
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Peace can only be secured by justice never by force of arms.
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Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general for one link being wanting, the chain is defective.
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'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.
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We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.
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Though our Savior's passion is over, his compassion is not.
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Eat... to live, and do not live to eat.
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No pain, no palm no thorns, no throne no gall, no glory no cross, no crown.
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