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• In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.

  William Penn

  Victory, Unjust, Debate

  William Penn (1839). “Fruits of solitude ... New edition”, p.31

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• Oppression makes a poor country.

  William Penn

  Country, Oppression, Poor

  William Penn (1778). “Fruits of Solitude. ... Eighth edition”, p.75

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• Death is only a horizon, and a horizon is only the limit of your sight. Open your eyes to see more clearly.

  William Penn

  Spiritual, Eye, Sight

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• If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him. Those who will not be governed by God will be ruled by tyrants.

  William Penn

  Independent, Tyrants, Moral Ethics

  Letter to Peter the Great, the Czar of Russia, on July 02, 1698. "The Life of William Penn". Book by Samuel M. Janney, p. 407, 1852.

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• Let us see what love can do.

  William Penn

  Can Do

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• The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.

  William Penn

  Christian, Adventure, Dare

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• There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom.

  William Penn

  Friendship, Freedom, Real Friends

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn: In Five Volumes. ...”, p.132

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• Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn.

  William Penn

  Men, Giving, Voting

  Thomas Clarkson, William Penn (1827). “Memoirs of the private and public life of William Penn: who settled the state of Pennsylvania, and founded the city of Philadelphia”, p.117

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• A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

  William Penn

  Mean, Evil, May

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.67, Courier Corporation

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• If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.

  William Penn

  Men, Libertarian, Fool

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• There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures.

  William Penn

  Love, Friendship, Air

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• Always remember to bound thy thoughts to the present occasion.

  William Penn

  Remember, Occasions, Bounds

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.74, Courier Corporation

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• Truth never lost ground by enquiry.

  William Penn

  Truth, Enquiry, Lost

  William Penn (1726). “A Collection of the Works of William Penn: To which is Prefixed a Journal of His Life, with Many Original Letters and Papers Not Before Published”, p.852

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• Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.

  William Penn

  Ignorance, Humility, Pride

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.147

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• No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

  William Penn

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  No Cross, No Crown (1669) See Proverbs 212

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• Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.

  William Penn

  Truth, Freedom, Suffering

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.135

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• Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.

  William Penn

  Silence, Folly, Silence Is

  William Penn (1792). “Fruits of Solitude: In Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life”, p.34

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• All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and mad. In fine, he that is drunk is not a man: because he is so long void of Reason, that distinguishes a Man from a Beast.

  William Penn

  Men, Drunk, Mad

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.28, Courier Corporation

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• Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.

  William Penn

  Patience, Mountain, Due Diligence

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.43, Courier Corporation

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• We are told truly that meekness and modesty are the rich and charming garments of the soul. The less showy our outward attire is, the more distinctly and brilliantly does the beauty of these inner garments shine.

  William Penn

  Shining, Soul, Doe

  William Penn (2003). “Some Fruits of Solitude: Wise Sayings on the Conduct of Human Life”, Herald Press (VA)

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• Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.

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  Dog, Horse, Children

  'Some Fruits of Solitude' pt. 1, no. 85

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• True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

  William Penn

  Easter, Being Alone, Health

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.448

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• My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.

  William Penn

  Men, Prison, Graves

  William Penn (1812). “The Sandy Foundation Shaken, Or Those So Generally Believed and Applauded Doctrines of One God, Subsisting in Three Distinct and Separate Persons [etc.] Refuted, from the Authority of Scriptures Testimonies and Right Reason”, p.6

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• The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.

  William Penn

  Country, Men, Cities

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.42, Courier Corporation

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• Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

  William Penn

  Writing, Language Words, Plain Language

  William Penn (1792). “Fruits of Solitude: In Reflections and Maxims Relating to the Conduct of Human Life”, p.130

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