William Penn

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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Force may make hypocrites, but it can never make converts. ↗

— William Penn

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Knowledge is the treasure of a wise man. ↗

— William Penn

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

— William Penn

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

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

— William Penn

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