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Glaubensverbreiter, Gründer von Pennsylvania (England, 1644 - 1718).

William Penn · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

William Penn wäre heute 380 Jahre, 6 Monate, 7 Tage oder 138.981 Tage alt.

Geboren am 14.10.1644 in London
Gestorben am 30.07.1718 in Ruscombe/Berkshire
Sternzeichen: ♎ Waage

• Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason there are so many senseless scholars in the world.

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

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• No system of government was ever so ill devised that, under proper men, it wouldn't work well enough.

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• Nor yet be overeager in pursuit of any thing; for the mercurial too often happen to leave judgment behind them, and sometimes make work for repentance.

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• Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able and yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom.

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• That plenty should produce either covetousness or prodigality is a perversion of providence; and yet the generality of men are the worse for their riches.

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• The taking of a bribe or gratuity, should be punished with assevere penalties as the defrauding of the State.

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• The tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men of the blasts of fortune.

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

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• To be like Christ is to be a Christian.

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• Upon the whole matter, employ thy thoughts as thy business requires, and let that have place according to merit and urgency; giving every thing a review and due digestion, and thou wilt prevent many errors and vexations, as well as save much time to thy self in the course of thy life.

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• We are apt to love praise, but not to deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

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• We are too careless of posterity, not considering that as they are so the next generation will be.

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• You can always tell a real friend: When you've made a fool of yourself he doesn't feel you've done a permanent job.

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• Il vaut mieux n'appartenir à aucune église que d'en défendre une avec hargne.

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• La passion est une fièvre de l'esprit qui nous laisse toujours affaiblis.

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• La vérité souffre souvent davantage de l'emportement de ses partisans que des arguments de ses opposants.

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• Sois prudent là où il y a plus de voile que de lest.

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