346 Quotes by William Penn


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    To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as mortals

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    It is a coal from God's altar must kindle our fire; and without fire, true fire, no acceptable sacrifice.

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    Drunkenness spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans man. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous, and mad.

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    God is better served in resisting a temptation to evil than in many formal prayers.

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    Do what good thou canst unknown, and be not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.

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