126 ordspråk av William Penn
William Penn
William Penn föddes den October 14th 1644 och dog den 30 July 1718 - of Pennsylvania.
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 A good End cannot sanctify evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it |
| A Man in Business must put up many Affronts, if he loves his own Quiet. |
| A private Life is to be preferred; the Honor and Gain of publick Posts, bearing no proportion with the Comfort of it |
| A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. |
| A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably. |
| A wise man makes what he learns his own, the other shows he is but a copy or a collection at most . . . |
| A wise neuter joins with neither, but uses both as his honest interest leads him |
| 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. |
| As Love ought to bring them together, so it is the best Way to keep them well together. |
| Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise |
| Avoid flatterers, for they are thieves in disguise. Their praise is costly, designing to get by those they bespeak. They are the worst of creatures; they lie to flatter and flatter to cheat, and, which is worse, if you believe them, you cheat yourselves most dangerously. |
| Avoid popularity; it has many snares, and no real benefit. |
| 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. |
| Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for children and servants, yet not without sweetness. |
| Covetousness is the greatest of monsters, as well as the root of all evil. |
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