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Excess in apparel is another costly folly. The very trimming of the vain world would clothe all the naked ones.

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William Penn
Age: 73 †
Born: 1644
Born: October 14
Died: 1718
Died: July 30
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Entrepreneur
Philosopher
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London
England
William Penn
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Excess
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Naked
Ones
Trimming
Another
Clothe
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Apparel

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