Benefits Quote by William Penn

“Man, being made reasonable, and so a thinking creature, there is nothing more worthy of his being than the right direction and employment of his thoughts; since upon this depends both his usefulness to the public, and his own present and future benefit in all respects.”

William Penn

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Content not thyself that thou art virtuous in the general; for one link being wanting, the chain is defective.

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