Quotes by Penn, William

Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natura >>

I expect to pass through this world but once. Any good therefore that >>

Let the people think they govern and they will be governed. >>

Quotations about Temper

Men lose their tempers in defending their taste. >>

I have never known anyone worth a damn who wasn't irascible. >>

When you're in the right, you can afford to keep your temper. When in >>

Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders, than from the arguments of its opposers.

Penn, William