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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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That plenty should produce either covetousness or prodigality is a perversion of providence and yet the generality of men are the worse for their riches.
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The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends.
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Truth never lost ground by enquiry.
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Naked Truth needs no shift.
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You are now fixed at the mercy of no governor that comes to make his fortune great you shall be governed by laws of your own making and live a free, and if you will, a sober and industrious life. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person. God has furnished me with a better resolution and has given me his grace to keep it.
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Always remember to bound thy thoughts to the present occasion.
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Let men be good, and the Government cannot be bad.
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Neither despise nor oppose what thou dost not understand.
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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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It were endless to dispute upon everything that is disputable.
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Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.
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What man in his right mind would conspire his own hurt? Men are beside themselves when they transgress against their convictions.
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Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
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Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.
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Levity of behavior, always a weakness, is far more unbecoming in a woman than a man.
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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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Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.
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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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Oppression makes a poor country.
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Were the superfluities of a nation valued, and made a perpetual tax or benevolence, there would be more alms-houses than poor, schools than scholars, and enough to spare for government besides.
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