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

William Penn · Geburtsdatum · Sterbedatum

William Penn wäre heute 379 Jahre, 6 Monate, 13 Tage oder 138.622 Tage alt.

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

• 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.

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• Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love.

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• But make not more business necessary than is so; and rather lessen than augment work for thyself.

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• Clear therefore thy head, and rally, and manage thy thoughts rightly, and thou wilt save time, and see and do thy business well; for thy judgment will be distinct, thy mind free, and the faculties strong and regular.

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• Cunning to wisdom is as an ape to man.

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• Every stroke our fury strikes is sure to hit ourselves at last.

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• Frugality is good, if liberality be joined with it. The first is leaving off superfluous expenses; the last bestowing them to the benefit of others that need. The first without the last begets covetousness; the last with the first begets prodigality. Both together make an excellent temper. Happy the place where that is found.

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• Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined also. Therefore governments depend upon men rather then men upon governments.

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• He that judges not well of the importance of his affairs, though he may be always busy, he must make but a small progress.

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• He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.

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• I expect to pass through life but once. If, therefore, there be any kindness I can show, or any good thing I can do to any fellow-being, let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it, as I shall not pass this way again.

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• If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not tell them to him.

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• If thou art clean and warm, it is sufficient, for more doth but rob the poor and please the wanton.

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• If thou wouldst conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.

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• It is a reproach to religion and government to suffer so much poverty and excess.

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• It were happy if we studied nature more in natural things; and acted according to nature, whose rules are few, plain, and most reasonable.

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• Justice is the insurance we have on our lives, and obedience is the premium we pay for it.

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• Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer of a wise man.

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• Man being made a reasonable, and so a thinking creature, there is nothing more worthy of his being, than the right direction and employment of his thoughts; since upon this depends both his usefulness to the public, and his own present and future benefit in all respects.

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

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