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Nothing but a good life can fit men for a better one hereafter.

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
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Good
Men
Life
Hereafter
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Avoid popularity it has many snares, and no real benefit.
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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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It is a severe rebuke upon us, that God makes us so many allowances, and we make so few to our neighbour.
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To have religion upon authority, and not upon conviction, is like a finger-watch, to be set forwards or backwards, as he pleases that has it in keeping.
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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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It is wise not to seek a secret, and honest not to reveal one.
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Disappointments that aren't a result of our own foolishness are a testing of our faith or a correction from heaven, and it is our own fault if these disappointments don't work for our own good.
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Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general for one link being wanting, the chain is defective.
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True Godliness doesn't turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it, and excites their endeavors to mend it. ...We have nothing that we can call our own no, not our selves: for we are all but Tenants, and at Will, too, of the great Lord of our selves, and the rest of this great farm, the World that we live upon.
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For disappointments, that come not by our own folly, they are the trials or corrections of Heaven: and it is our own fault, if they prove not our advantage.
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Cunning to wise, is as an Ape to a Man.
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But make not more business necessary than is so and rather lessen than augment work for thyself.
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You are now fixed at the mercy of no governor that comes to make his fortune great you shall be governed by laws of your own making and live a free, and if you will, a sober and industrious life. I shall not usurp the right of any, or oppress his person. God has furnished me with a better resolution and has given me his grace to keep it.
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'Tis no sin to be tempted, but to be overcome.
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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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If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.
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The best recreation is to do good.
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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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If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.
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