"It is not only a troublesome but slavish……" — William Penn
"It is not only a troublesome but slavish to be nice [fastidious]."
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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 Fastidious Quotes
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one of 34 quotes in that category. Here are a few more:
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If women were as fastidious as men, morally or physically, there would be an end of the race.
— George Bernard Shaw
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I'm a fastidious sort of fellow, fond of watermelon and buckbrush nuts.
— Edward Abbey
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Two weeks before his death, a friend asked him half jokingly if he had discovered any meaning in life. "Yes,"…
— Cyril Connolly
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The conduct and manners of women, in fact, evidently prove that their minds are not in a healthy state; for,…
— Mary Wollstonecraft
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The future is fastidious and punctual. It keeps perfect time and arrives everywhere on the dot. In contrast, its slacker…
— Jonathan Carroll
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Fastidious taste makes enjoyment a struggle.
— Mason Cooley
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Speaking of dust, ‘out of which we came and to which we shall return,’ do you know that after we…
— Joris-Karl Huysmans
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The study of Freemasonry is the study of man as a candidate for a blessed eternity. It furnishes examples of…
— William Howard Taft
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How could poetry and literature have arisen from something as plebian as the cuneiform equivalent of grocery-store bar codes? I…
— Alice Weaver Flaherty
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I found for me that my safe place was work. I could control my environment. I became very fastidious and…
— Marie Osmond
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That wonderful book, while it obtains admiration from the most fastidious critics, is loved by those who are too simple…
— Thomas B. Macaulay
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The weakling and the coward are out of place in a strong and free community. In a republic like ours…
— Theodore Roosevelt
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