"To be innocent is to be not guilty;……" — William Penn

"To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations."

— William Penn

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195 Quotes by William Penn

William Penn has 195 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

If thou thinkest twice before thou speakest once, thou wilt speak twice the better for it.
In the rush and noise of life, as you have intervals, step home within yourselves and be still. Wait upon…
Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise.
Never marry but for love; but see that thou lov'st what is lovely.
A Garden, an Elaboratory, a Work - house, Improvements and Breeding, are pleasant and Profitable Diversions to the Idle and…
Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of the one who is wise.
All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men.…
If thou wouldst rule well, thou must rule for God, and to do that, thou must be ruled by him...…
A man in business must put up many affronts if he loves his own quiet.
We are apt to be very pert at censuring others, where we will not endure advice.
Drunkenness, spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans the man.
Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.

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Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite… — Hannah Arendt
The sad truth is that most evil is done by people who never make up their minds to be good… — Hannah Arendt
Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil. — Aristotle
No notice is taken of a little evil, but when it increases it strikes the eye. — Aristotle
The generality of men are naturally apt to be swayed by fear rather than reverence, and to refrain from evil… — Aristotle
The extravagant expenditure of public money is an evil not to be measured by the value of that money to… — Chester A. Arthur
Guns are evil! And very little good comes from the availability of a bullet designed to kill human beings! — Mackenzie Astin
Evil is unspectacular and always human, and shares our bed and eats at our own table. — Wystan Hugh Auden
Good can imagine Evil; but Evil cannot imagine Good. — Wystan Hugh Auden
The greatest evil is physical pain. — Saint Augustine
He that is kind is free, though he is a slave; he that is evil is a slave, though he… — Saint Augustine
God judged it better to bring good out of evil than to suffer no evil to exist. — Saint Augustine

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