William Penn
William Penn
William Penn24 October 1644 – 30 July 1718) was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. He was an early advocate of democracy and religious freedom, notable for his good relations and successful treaties with the Lenape Native Americans. Under his direction, the city of Philadelphia was planned and developed...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth14 October 1644
CityLondon, England
Love is the hardest lesson in Christianity; but, for that reason, it should be most our care to learn it.
Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an Union of Souls, and the other from an Union of Sense.
Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire.
Men are generally more careful of the breed of their horses and dogs than of their children.
For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.
Choose a friend as thou dost a wife, till death separate you.
Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers.
Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.
Where judgment has wit to express it, there's the best orator.
Be rather bountiful, than expensive.
There is a troublesome humor some men have, that if they may not lead, they will not follow; but had rather a thing were never done, than not done their own way, tho' other ways very desirable.
Love grows, lust wastes by enjoyment.
Nor must we always be neutral where our neighbors are concerned: for tho' meddling is a fault, helping is a duty.
Oppression makes a poor country.