Believe nothing against another but on good authority and never report what may hurt another, unless it be a greater hurt to some other to conceal it.
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If it be an evil to judge rashly or untruly any single man, how much a greater sin it is to condemn a whole people.William Penn
It is wise not to seek a secret and honest, not to reveal one.
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God is better served in resisting a Temptation to Evil, than in many formal Prayers.
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Let the people think they govern and they will be governed.
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The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God, but in cities little else but the works of men.
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We have a call to do good, as often as we have the power and occasion.
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