William Penn Quotes

• A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.

  William Penn

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• Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.

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• Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

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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.

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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.

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• Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit.

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• A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.

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• For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

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• Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.

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• To be furious in religion is to be irreligiously religious.

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William Penn (50)

Birth:	14th October, 1644
Death:	30th July, 1718
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Entrepreneur, Philosopher

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