William Penn Quotes
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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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Author Details:
Type:
Leader Quotes
Category:
English Leader Quotes
Date of Birth:
October 14, 1644
Date of Death:
July 30, 1718
Nationality:
English
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Select William Penn Quotations:
To be like Christ is to be a Christian.
William Penn
Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
William Penn
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
William Penn
Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.
William Penn
In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.
William Penn
Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants.
William Penn
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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All William Penn Quotations:
A good End cannot sanctify evil...
A true friend freely, advises justly...
Avoid popularity; it has many snares...
Between a man and his wife...
For death is no more than...
Force may make hypocrites, but it...
Force may subdue, but love gains...
He that does good for good's...
He that lives to live forever...
He who is taught to live...
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes...
If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness...
In marriage do thou be wise...
It would be far better to...
Justice is the insurance which we...
Kings in this world should imitate...
Knowledge is the treasure of a...
Less judgment than wit is more...
Let the people think they govern...
Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment...
Love is the hardest lesson in...
Men are generally more careful of...
Men must be governed by God...
Much reading is an oppression of...
Nothing does reason more right, than...
O Lord, help me not to...
Only trust thyself, and another shall...
Passion is a sort of fever...
Passion is the mob of the...
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.
Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.
Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God.
Right is right, even if everyone...
Sense shines with a double luster...
Some are so very studious of...
Speak properly, and in as few...
The jealous are troublesome to others...
The tallest Trees are most in...
They have a right to censure...
Time is what we want most...
To be a man's own fool...
To be like Christ is to...
True godliness does not turn men...
True silence is the rest of...
Truth often suffers more by the...
We are apt to love praise...
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