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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 Seek not to be Rich, but Happy. The one lies in Bags, the other in Content: which Wealth can never give. |
| Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom. |
| Sexes make no Difference; since in Souls there is none: And they are the Subjects of Friendship. |
| She is but half a wife that is not, nor is capable of being, a friend |
| Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns |
| Some men do as much begrudge others a good name, as they want one themselves: and perhaps that is the reason of it |
| 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. |
| The Country is both the Philosopher's Garden and his Library, in which he Reads and Contemplates the Power, Wisdom and Goodness of God. |
| The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other. |
| The Humble, Meek, Merciful, Just, Pious and Devout Souls, are everywhere of one religion; and when Death has taken off the Mask, they will know one another, though the divers Liveries they wear here make them Strangers. |
| The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves |
| The public must and will be served. |
| The receipts of cookery are swelled to a volume; but a good stomach excels them all |
| The tallest trees are most in the power of the winds, and ambitious men of the blasts of fortune |
| The truest end of life is to know that life never ends. |
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Toplists (6 st)
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