William Penn Quotes

Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of a wise man.
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The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
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In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.
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True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
– William Penn

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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.
– William Penn

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Religion is nothing else but love to God and man.
– William Penn

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Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
– William Penn

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I know no religion that destroys courtesy, civility, and kindness.
– William Penn

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Time is what we want most,but what we use worst.
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For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
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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.

– William Penn

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Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
– William Penn

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A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
– William Penn

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And now abideth faith, hope, charity, these three; but the greatest of these is charity.
– William Penn

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Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
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I expect to pass through life but once. If therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.
– William Penn

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To be dexterous in danger is a virtue; but to court danger to show it, is weakness.
– William Penn

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Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
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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.

– William Penn

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If men be good, government cannot be bad.
– William Penn

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True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.
– William Penn

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People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.
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