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

— 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 that does good for good's sake seeks neither paradise nor reward, but he is sure of both in the end. ↗

— 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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Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world. ↗

— William Penn

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True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it. ↗

— William Penn

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Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. ↗

— 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

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