William Penn Quotes

Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.
William Penn

Passion, Reason, Mob

Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts.
William Penn

May, Force, Hypocrites

Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man.
William Penn

Knowledge, Wise, Treasure

Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.
William Penn

Love, Care, Reason

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
William Penn

Men, Children, Dogs

Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.
William Penn

Humble, Humility, Sense

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

End, Words, Speak

To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's.
William Penn

Fool, Bad, Enough

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness.
William Penn

Love, Wife, Children

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.
William Penn

Love, May, Force

He that lives to live forever, never fears dying.
William Penn

Live, Lives, Dying

If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness, thou must never gratify it.
William Penn

Conquer, Weakness, Thou

Kings in this world should imitate God, their mercy should be above their works.
William Penn

God, Works, Above

Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.
William Penn

Truth, Nothing, Reason

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than it found us.
William Penn

Mind, Passion, Found

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
William Penn

Wisdom, Promise, Rarely

Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.
William Penn

Learning, Live, Done

The tallest Trees are most in the Power of the Winds, and Ambitious Men of the Blasts of Fortune.
William Penn

Men, Power, Fortune

They have a right to censure that have a heart to help.
William Penn

Heart, Help, Censure

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
William Penn

Truth, Often, Heat

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.
William Penn

Love, Deserve, Virtue

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Leader

Born: October 14, 1644

Died: July 30, 1718

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