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William Penn
About Author: English religious leader and colonist (1644 - 1718)
Quotes:True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.
Never marry but for love; but see that thou lovest what is lovely.
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.
Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.
If men will not be governed by God, they will be ruled by tyrants.
No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.
All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and bad.
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