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Government seems to me to be a part of religion itself - a thing sacred in its institutions and ends.

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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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Entrepreneur
Philosopher
Politician
Theologian
London
England
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No religion is better than an unnatural one.
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The public must and will be served.
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The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.
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O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.
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There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom. Friendship loves a free Air, and will not be penned up in straight and narrow Enclosures. It will speak freely, and act so too and take nothing ill where no ill is meant nay, where it is, 'twill easily forgive, and forget too, upon small Acknowledgments.
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The Country is both the Philosopher's Garden and his Library, in which he Reads and Contemplates the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God.
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Five things are requisite to a good officer — ability, clean hands, despatch, patience, and impartiality.
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I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
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Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.
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A good End cannot sanctify evil Means nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
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It is not only a troublesome but slavish to be nice [fastidious].
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A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going.
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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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We are too apt to love praise, but not to deserve it.
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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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The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume but a good stomach excels them all.
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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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