"If you protect a man from folly, you……" — William Penn
"If you protect a man from folly, you will soon have a nation of fools."
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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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More Folly Quotes
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Humanity has the stars in its future, and that future is too important to be lost under the burden of…
— Isaac Asimov
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The Steps to Folly as well as Sin are gradual, and almost imperceptible, and when we are once on the…
— Mary Astell
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O my God, what must a soul be like when it is in this state! It longs to be all…
— Teresa of Avila
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When knowledge is limited - it leads to folly... When knowledge exceeds a certain limit, it leads to exploitation.
— Abu Bakr
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All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none…
— John Quincy Adams
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Whatever failures I have known, whatever errors I have committed, whatever follies I have witnessed in private and public life…
— Bernard Baruch
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The Mind that lies fallow but a single Day, sprouts up in Follies that are only to be killed by…
— Joseph Addison
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It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it.…
— Joseph Addison
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This Old Testament - containing error, folly, absurdity and immorality - is by English statute law declared to be of…
— Annie Besant
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Experience - the wisdom that enables us to recognise in an undesirable old acquaintance the folly that we have already…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Childhood: the period of human life intermediate between the idiocy of infancy and the folly of youth - two removes…
— Ambrose Bierce
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Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.
— Josh Billings
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