"Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride……" — William Penn
"Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire."
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195 Quotes by William Penn
William Penn has 195 quotes on this site.
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If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.
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In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon…
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Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
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Never marry but for love; but see that thou lov'st what is lovely.
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A Garden, an Elaboratory, a Work - house, Improvements and Breeding, are pleasant and Profitable Diversions to the Idle and…
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Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of the one who is wise.
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All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men.…
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If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him...…
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A man in business must put up many affronts if he loves his own quiet.
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We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice.
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Drunkenness, spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans the man.
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Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.
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I am against revolution and am proud of it. Democracy cannot be created through revolutions. The most important dichotomy that…
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Before the first World War women were arrested for smoking cigarettes in public, for using profanity, for appearing on beaches…
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Dancing, is, for the most part, attended with many amorous smiles, wanton compliments, unchaste kisses, scurrilous songs and sonnets, effeminate…
— William Prynne
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You look green, immature. A young boy playing at business, dressing up in the manner in which he believes an…
— Chris Murray
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Over the course of the years, I've learned [that] fashion is a fascinating business about selling magic. It is done…
— Robin Givhan
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I really like The Dudleyz' new attire. It has that whole Bushwhackers 2000 feel.
— Edge
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Good hearts carry weighing balance that measures others' values based on the character merely than ever with their attire, wealth,…
— Anuj
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The dragon-fly is dancing,— Is on the water glancing, She flits about with nimble wing, The flickering, fluttering, restless thing.…
— Heinrich Heine
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O what a sight were Man, if his attires Did alter with his minde; And like a dolphins skinne, his…
— George Herbert
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Oft from new truths, and new phrase, new doubts grow, As strange attire aliens the men we know.
— John Donne
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Macbeth to Witches: What are these So wither'd and so wild in their attire, That look not like th' inhabitants…
— William Shakespeare
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When the sappy boughs Attire themselves with blooms, sweet rudiments Of future harvest.
— John Phillips
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