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William Penn
English
Leader
About the author
Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#God
#World
#Kings
#Mercy
Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Right
#Nothing
#Reason
#Truth
#Arguments
#Coolness
Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#World
#Reason
#Reading
#Mind
#Oppression
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#God
#Will
#Men
Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Children
#Men
#Dogs
#Horses
Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Love
#Christianity
#Reason
#Care
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,
English
Leader
#Love
#Reason
#Sense
#Enjoyment
#Lust
Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#People
#Will
He that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#End
#Paradise
#Reward
Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Man
#Knowledge
#Treasure
Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Mind
#Passion
Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Justice
#Property
#Obedience
It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Church
In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Wife
#Friend
#Money
#Self
#Mind
#Virtue
#Body
#Beauty
#Marriage
If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Weakness
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Ignorance
#Poor
#Knowledge
#Clothes
#Pride
#Humility
He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Wisdom
#Father
#Care
He that lives to live forever, never fears dying.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Dying
Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Judgment
#Wit
The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.
William Penn,
English
Leader
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,
English
Leader
#Love
#Virtue
#Praise
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Truth
#Arguments
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Spirit
#Mind
#Rest
#Body
#Silence
#Sleep
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,
English
Leader
#World
#Men
To be like Christ is to be a Christian.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Christian
To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Man
#Fool
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Want
#Time
O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Help
The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Power
#Men
#Trees
#Fortune
Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Trust
Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Learning
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Right
#Wrong
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#God
#Rebellion
#Obedience
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Promise
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Patience
#Mountains
#Faith
#Diligence
Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Reason
#Man
#Passion
#Riot
#Mob
Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Man
#Sense
#Worth
#Humility
They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Right
#Heart
#Help
#Censure
Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Love
#Nothing
#Wife
#Children
#Authority
#Man
#Sweetness
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,
English
Leader
#Words
#End
#Speech
#Ostentation
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Popularity
Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Love
#May
#First
#Force
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Time
#Death
#Eternity
A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#End
#May
#Evil
Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#May
#Force
A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
William Penn,
English
Leader
#Friend