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No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences
William Penn
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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
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London
England
William Penn
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Death cannot kill what never dies.
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The public must and will be served.
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It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.
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Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.
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Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
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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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Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
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We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.
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Neither despise nor oppose what thou dost not understand.
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Never despise what you don't understand.
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Not to be provok'd is best: But if mov'd, never correct till the fume is spent for every stroke our fury strikes, is sure to hit our selves at last.
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A jealous man only sees his own spectrum when he looks upon other men, and gives his character in theirs.
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Religion itself is nothing else but Love to God and Man. He that lives in Love lives in God, says the Beloved Disciple: And to be sure a Man can live no where better.
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It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice.
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A man in business must put up many affronts if he loves his own quiet.
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Never chide with anger, but instruction.
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A man, like a watch, is to be valued for his manner of going.
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Charity is ... a universal remedy against discord, and an holy cement for mankind.
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A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him.
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