Governments, like docks, go from the motion men give them, and as governments are made and moved by men, so by them they are ruined also. Therefore governments depend upon men rather then men upon governments.
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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
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.
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Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.
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I desire to gain your Love and Friendship by a kind, Just and Peaceful Life.
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Seek not to be Rich, but Happy. The one lies in Bags, the other in Content which Wealth can never give.
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We meet on the broad pathway of good faith and good will no advantage shall be taken on either side, but all shall be openness and love. I will not call you children, -- for parents sometimes chide their children too severely nor brothers only, -- for brothers differ. The friendship between me and you I will not compare to a chain for that the rains might rust, or the falling tree might break. We are the same as if one man's body were to be divided into two parts, we are all one flesh and blood.
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