William Penn Quotes on Wisdom
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Reader, - This Enchiridion, I present thee with, is the Fruit of Solitude: A School few care to learn in, tho' None Instructs us better. Some Parts of it are the Result of serious Reflection: Others the Flashings of Lucid Intervals: Writ for private Satisfaction, and now publish'd for an Help to Human Conduct.
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It were endless to dispute upon everything that is disputable.
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It is admirable to consider how many Millions of People come into, and go out of the World, Ignorant of themselves, and of the World they have lived in. (1)
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Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided.
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Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment the treasurer of a wise man.
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Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.
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O Lord, help me not to despise or oppose what I do not understand.