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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 The wisdom of nations lies in their proverbs, which are brief and pithy. Collect and learn them; they are notable measures of directions for human life; you have much in little; they save time in speaking; and upon occasion may be the fullest and safest answer. |
| There can be no friendship where there is no freedom. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be fenced up in straight and narrow enclosures. |
| They have a Right to censure, that have a Heart to help: The rest is Cruelty, not Justice |
| They that Marry for Money cannot have the true Satisfaction of Marriage; the requisite Means being wanting. |
| Those who would mend the world must first mend themselves. |
| Time is what we want most, but... what we use worst. |
| To be a man's own fool is bad enough; but the vain man is everybody's |
| To be furious in religion is to be irreligiously religious |
| To be innocent is to be not guilty; but to be virtuous is to overcome our evil inclinations |
| To be like Christ is to be a Christian. |
| To delay justice, is injustice. |
| To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as well as mortals |
| To have striven, to have made the effort, to have been true to certain ideals - this alone is worth the struggle. |
| To hazard much to get much has more of avarice than wisdom. |
| True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it. |
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Proverb (1469535 st) Search
Categories (2627 st) Search
Authors (167535 st) Search
Photos (4592 st)
Born (10495 st)
Died (3318 st)
Dates (9517 st)
Countries (5315 st)
Idiom (4438 st)
Lengths
Toplists (6 st)
This website focuses on proverbs in the Swedish, Danish and Norwegian languages, and some parts including the links below have not been translated to English. They are mainly FAQs, various information and webpages for improving the collection.
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