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Them Quotes by William Penn
- It would go a long way to caution and direct people in their use of the world that they would better studied and known in…
- True Godliness doesn't turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it, and excites their endeavors to mend it. ...We…
- Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined…
- The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume; but a good stomach excels them all.
- Frugality is good if liberality be joined with it. The first is leaving off superfluous expenses; the last is bestowing them to the benefit of…
- Let us, then, try what love will do, for if people once see we love them, we should soon find that they would not harm…
- [Tho]ugh death be a dark passage; it leads to immortality, and that is recompense enough for suffering of it. And yet faith lights us, even…
- The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human…
- 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.
- The humble, meek, merciful, and just are everywhere of one religion; and when death has taken off the mask they will know one another, though…
- Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined…
- The Humble, Meek, Merciful, Just, Pious and Devout Souls, are everywhere of one religion; and when Death has taken off the Mask, they will know…
- 1 - 2 - 3 To be a man's own fool is bad enough, but the vain man is everybody's. William Penn To be like…
More Them Quotes
- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster