“In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.”
— William Penn
Author: William Penn
Category: marriage
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“A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.”
— William Penn
Author: William Penn
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“Some are so very studious of learning what was done by the ancients that they know not how to live with the moderns.”
— William Penn
Author: William Penn
Category: learning
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“Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform.”
— William Penn
Author: William Penn
Category: wisdom
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“In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.”
— William Penn
Author: William Penn
Category: beauty
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“Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.”
— William Penn
Author: William Penn
Category: government
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“The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves.”
— William Penn
Author: William Penn
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“Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.”
— William Penn
Author: William Penn
Category: patience
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