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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.
William Penn
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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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Let us then try what Love will do: For if Men do once see we love them, we should soon find they would not harm us.
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It is certain that the most natural and human government is that of consent, for that binds freely, ... when men hold their liberty by true obedience to rules of their own making.
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Tis the glory of a man to vail to truth as it is the mark of a good nature to be easily entreated.
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A Garden, an Elaboratory, a Work - house, Improvements and Breeding, are pleasant and Profitable Diversions to the Idle and Ingenious: For here they miss Ill Company, and converse with Nature and Art whose Variety are equally grateful and instructing and preserve a good Constitution of Body and Mind.
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Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.
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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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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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Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.
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The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends.
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If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.
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If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.
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A private Life is to be preferrd the Honour and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it.
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