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Nov 4, 2023 · The quote by William Penn, "Men must be governed by God or they will be ruled by tyrants," captures the essence of the delicate balance between individual freedom and the need for authority. At its core, the quote emphasizes the importance of a higher moral authority in guiding human behavior. It suggests that without a collective understanding ...
William Penn. It is profitable wisdom to know when we have done enough: Much time and pains are spared in not flattering ourselves against probabilities. William Penn. Love labour: for if thou dost not want it for food, thou mayest for physique. It is wholesome for the body, and good for the mind. It prevents the fruits of idleness, which many ...
A collection of quotes attributed to William Penn (1644-1718). All excess is ill, but drunkenness is of the worst sort. It spoils health, dismounts the mind, and unmans men.
William Penn. Friendship is the union of spirits, a marriage of hearts, and the bond thereof virtue. William Penn. Friendship loves a free air, and will not be penned up in straight and narrow enclosures. William Penn. There can be no Friendship where there is no Freedom. Friendship loves a free Air, and will not be penned up in streight and ...
A good end cannot sanctify evil means; nor must we ever do evil, that good may come of it. – William Penn. Rate it: 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. – William Penn.
4 Sourced Quotes. View all William Penn Quotes. No man is fit to command another that cannot command himself. William Penn. No pain, no palm; no thorns, no throne; no gall, no glory; no cross, no crown. William Penn. True religion does not draw men out of the world but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.
William Penn. >. Quotes. > Quotable Quote. (?) “They that love beyond the world cannot be separated by it. Death cannot kill what never dies. Nor can spirits ever be divided, that love and live in the same divine principle, the root and record of their friendship. If absence be not death, neither is theirs.
