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More Quotes by William Penn
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
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.
Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.
I shall pass through life but once. Let me show kindness now, as I shall not pass this way again.
If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.
A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.
The secret of happiness is to count your blessings while others are adding up their troubles.
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.
