More Quotes by William Penn
The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human life; you have much in little; they save time in speaking; and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer.
People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.
Oppression makes a poor country.
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.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
Nothing shows our weakness more than to be so sharp-sighted at spying other men's faults, and so purblind about our own.
Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
