"The jealous are troublesome to others, but a torment to themselves."

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This reflection on life by William Penn resonates across generations. It highlights a fundamental truth about human nature: our continuous search for meaning in life is what ultimately defines our character and our path forward.

About William Penn

William Penn was an English writer, theologian, religious thinker, and influential Quaker who founded the Province of Pennsylvania. An advocate of democracy and religious freedom, Penn was known for his amicable relations and successful treaties with the Lenape native peoples who had resided in present-day Pennsylvania before European colonisation there.

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"A true friend freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably."

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"He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care."

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"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."

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"Humility and knowledge in poor clothes excel pride and ignorance in costly attire."

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"Wisdom principle 82 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 90."

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