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Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire. ↗

— 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

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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

#come #end #ever #evil #good

Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God. ↗

— William Penn

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Let the people think they govern and they will be governed. ↗

— William Penn

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To be like Christ is to be a Christian. ↗

— William Penn

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It would be far better to be of no church than to be bitter of any. ↗

— William Penn

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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

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Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast. ↗

— William Penn

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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

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