All William Penn Quotes
Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.
William Penn
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Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.
William Penn
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Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
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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Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.
William Penn
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Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
William Penn
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To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.
William Penn
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Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.
William Penn
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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
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It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.
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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
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