William Penn Quotes About Giving

Quotes about: Giving

• If a civil word or two will render a man happy, he must be a wretch indeed who will not give them to him. Such a disposition is like lighting another man's candle by one's own, which loses none of its brilliancy by what the other gains.

  William Penn

  Men, Two, Giving

• Governments, like clocks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined too. Wherefore governments rather depend upon men, than men upon governments. Let men be good, and the government cannot be bad; if it be ill, they will cure it. But if men be bad, let the government be never so good, they will endeavour to warp and spoil it to their turn.

  William Penn

  Men, Giving, Voting

  Thomas Clarkson, William Penn (1827). “Memoirs of the private and public life of William Penn: who settled the state of Pennsylvania, and founded the city of Philadelphia”, p.117

• Never give out while there is hope; but hope not beyond reason, for that shows more desire than judgement.

  William Penn

  Hope, Giving, Expectations

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.43, Courier Corporation

• A jealous man only sees his own spectrum when he looks upon other men, and gives his character in theirs.

  William Penn

  Jealousy, Character, Men

  William Penn (1726). “A Collection of the Works of William Penn: To which is Prefixed a Journal of His Life, with Many Original Letters and Papers Not Before Published”, p.853

• Wit gives an edge to sense, and recommends it extremely.

  William Penn

  Giving, Wit, Ballast

  Benjamin Franklin, William Penn (2012). “Franklin's Way to Wealth and Penn's Maxims”, p.38, Courier Corporation

• You are Englishmen; mind your privileges, give not away your right.

  William Penn

  Giving, Mind, Privilege

  William Hepworth Dixon, William Penn (1851). “William Penn, a Historical Biography”, p.103

• He who gives to the poor, lends to the Lord. But it may be said, not improperly, the Lord lends to us to give to the poor.

  William Penn

  Giving, May, Lord

  William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn....”, p.458

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