"Not to be provok'd is best: But if……" — William Penn
"Not to be provok'd is best: But if mov'd, never correct till the fume is spent; for every stroke our fury strikes, is sure to hit our selves at last."
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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 Anger Management Quotes
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Speak when you are angry and you will make the best speech you will ever regret.
— Ambrose Bierce
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I think I have some anger-management issues, and they end up coming out in these passive-aggressive songs that sound happy.
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Anger is short-lived madness.
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When the anger is intense, the person with Asperger's syndrome may be in a 'blind rage' and unable to see…
— Tony Attwood
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So a voice in the mountain is enough to let loose an avalanche. A word too much may be followed…
— Victor Hugo
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Resentment, anger, frustration, worry, disappointment-negative emotional states, justified or not, take a toll on your heart, brain and body. Don't…
— Howard Martin
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Anger causes us often to condemn in one what we approve in another.
— Pasquier Quesnel
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When we consciously choose a core heart feeling over a negative feeling, we effectively intercept the physiological stress response that…
— Howard Martin
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Anger and folly walk cheek by sole.
— Benjamin Franklin
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The wrong that rouses our angry passions finds only a medium in us; it passes through us like a vibration,…
— George Eliot
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An angry man is always a stupid man.
— Chinua Achebe
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One who is slow to anger is better than the mighty; one who rules his spirit, than he who takes…
— Solomon
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