Quotes

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Truth never lost ground by enquiry.
― William Penn
Truth
Enquiry
Lost
William Penn
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If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools.
― William Penn
Men
Libertarian
Fool
William Penn
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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
Writing
William Penn
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The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.
― William Penn
Country
Men
Cities
William Penn
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My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.
― William Penn
Men
Prison
Graves
William Penn
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Inquiry is human; blind obedience brutal. Truth never loses by the one but often suffers by the other.
― William Penn
Suffering
Inquiry
Blind
William Penn
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Those who live to live forever, never fear dying.
― William Penn
Death
Fear
Forever
William Penn
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No people can be truly happy... if abridged of the freedom of their consciences
― William Penn
People
Ifs
William Penn
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Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
― William Penn
Truth
Freedom
Suffering
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
Easter
Health
William Penn
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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.
― William Penn
Lying
Answers
May
William Penn
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A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
― William Penn
Mean
Evil
May
William Penn
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Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
― William Penn
Educational
Thieves
Flattery
William Penn
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Silence is Wisdom where Speaking is Folly.
― William Penn
Silence
Folly
William Penn
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The truest end of life is to know the life that never ends.
― William Penn
Sympathy
Death
William Penn
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Oppression makes a poor country.
― William Penn
Country
Oppression
Poor
William Penn
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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
Marriage
Wise
Wedding
William Penn
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Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
― William Penn
Patience
Mountain
William Penn
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The adventure of the Christian life begins when we dare to do what we would never tackle without Christ.
― William Penn
Christian
Adventure
Dare
William Penn
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People are more afraid of the laws of Man than of God, because their punishment seems to be nearest.
― William Penn
Men
Law
People
William Penn