William Penn Quotes - Page 6

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• Man, being made reasonable, and so a thinking creature, there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of his thoughts; since upon this depends both his usefulness to the public, and his own present and future benefit in all respects.

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  Men, Thinking, Benefits

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

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• Next to God, thy parents.

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  Thank You, Parent, Next

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.138

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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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  Allowance, Rebuke, Neighbour

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.166

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• For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

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  Sympathy, Death, Memorial Day

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2008). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.64, Courier Corporation

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• And he that is taught to live upon little, owes more to his father's wisdom, than he that has a great deal left him, does to his father's care.

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  Family, Fathers Day, Wisdom

  "Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims".

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• What man in his right mind would conspire his own hurt? Men are beside themselves when they transgress against their convictions.

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  Hurt, Men, Mind

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.60, Courier Corporation

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• Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.

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  Deeds, Vain, Ostentation

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.157

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• You are Englishmen; mind your privileges, give not away your right.

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  Giving, Mind, Privilege

  William Hepworth Dixon, William Penn (1851). “William Penn, a Historical Biography”, p.103

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• Religion is the fear of God, and its demonstration good works; and faith is the root of both: For without faith we cannot please God; nor can we fear what we do not believe.

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  Believe, Roots, Good Work

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.158

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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.

  William Penn

  Religion, Watches, Authority

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.66, Courier Corporation

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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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  Life, Law, Justice

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• Love is indeed Heaven upon Earth; since Heaven above would not be Heaven without it: For where there is not Love; there is Fear: But perfect Love casts out Fear. And yet we naturally fear most to offend what we most Love.

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  Religious, Love Is, Perfect

  "Some Fruits of Solitude In Reflections And Maxims". Book by William Penn. Part 1: "Religion", www.bartleby.com. 1682.

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• If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not give them to him. Such a disposition is like lighting another man's candle by one's own, which loses none of its brilliancy by what the other gains.

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  Men, Two, Giving

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• Love grows, lust wastes by enjoyment.

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  Lust, Waste, Love Grows

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.29, Courier Corporation

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• That which the people called Quakers lay down as a main fundamental in religion is this- That God, through Christ, hath placed a principle in every man, to inform him of his duty, and to enable him to do it; and that those that live up to this principle are the people of God, and those that live in disobedience to it, are not God's people, whatever name they may bear, or profession they may make of religion. This is their ancient, first, and standing testimony: with this they began, and this they bore, and do bear to the world.

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  Men, Names, People

  William Penn (1857). “Primitive Christianity revived in the faith and practice of the people called Quakers: Written in testimony to the present dispensation of God through them to the world that prejudices may be removed, the simple informed, the well-inclined encouraged, and the truth, and its innocent friends rightly represented”

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• To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.

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  Stupid, Men, Fool

  William Penn (1841). “Fruits of solitude in reflections and maxims relating to the conduct of human life. A new ed”, p.122

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• That all persons living in this province, who confess and acknowledge the one Almighty and eternal God, to be the Creator, Upholder and Ruler of the world; and that hold themselves obliged in conscience to live peaceably and justly in civil society, shall, in no ways, be molested or prejudiced for their religious persuasion, or practice, in manners of faith and worship, nor shall they be compelled, at any time, to frequent or maintain any religious worship, place or ministry whatever.

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  Religious, Practice, Liberty

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• The usefulest truths are the plainest.

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  Truth

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• Government seems to me to be a part of religion itself - a thing sacred in its institutions and ends.

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  Government, Sacred, Ends

  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.116

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• For as men in battle are continually in the way of shot, so we, in this world, are ever within the reach of Temptation.

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  Men, Temptation, Battle

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2008). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.62, Courier Corporation

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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.

  William Penn

  Anger, Self, Lasts

  Benjamin Franklin, John Woolman, William Penn (1909). “The autobiography of Benjamin Franklin”

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• It is safer to learn than teach; and who conceals his opinion has nothing to answer for.

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  Answers, Opinion, Teach

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.182

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• We are too apt to love praise, but not to deserve it.

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  Praise, Deserve

  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.849

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• Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still. For they must needs be present, that love and live in that which is omnipresent. In this divine glass, they see face to face; and their converse is free as well as pure. This is the comfort of friends, that though they may be said to die, yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever present, because immortal.

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  Glasses, Sea, Faces

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.79, Courier Corporation

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• Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

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  Inspirational, Funny, Sailing

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.38, Courier Corporation

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