Famous Quotes by William Penn

Below are famous quotes by William Penn - English religious leader and colonist (1644 - 1718).

All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men. It reveals secrets, is quarrelsome, lascivious, impudent, dangerous and bad.

Believe nothing against another but on good authority; and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.

If men will not be governed by God, they will be ruled by tyrants.

Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.

Never marry but for love; but see that thou lovest what is lovely.

No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown.

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be understood.

True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.

Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.

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