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More Quotes by William Penn
People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.
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.
True silence is the rest of the mind, and is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
The Remedy often proves worse than the Disease.
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
In all debates, let truth be thy aim, not victory, or an unjust interest.
We are inclined to call things by the wrong names. We call prosperity 'happiness', and adversity 'misery' eventhough adversity is the school of wisdom and often the way to eternal happiness.
