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

William Penn

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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
Vain
Naked
Ones
Trimming
Another
Clothe
Would
Apparel
World
Costly
Excess
Folly

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