Once you've accumulated sufficient knowledge to get by, you're too old to remember it.

Quote by William Penn

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Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth...

Nothing does reason more right, than the coolness of those that offer it: For Truth...

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

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

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for...

Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. Authority is for...

The Humble, Meek, Merciful, Just, Pious and Devout Souls, are everywhere of one religion; and...

The Humble, Meek, Merciful, Just, Pious and Devout Souls, are everywhere of one religion; and...

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

Force may subdue, but love gains, and he that forgives first wins the laurel.

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the...

Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the...

He that lives to forever, never fears dying

He that lives to forever, never fears dying

Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.

Passion is the mob of the man, that commits a riot upon his reason.

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.

Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains.

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than...

Passion is a sort of fever in the mind, which ever leaves us weaker than...

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform

Rarely promise, but, if lawful, constantly perform

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

For death is no more than a turning of us over from time to eternity.

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if...

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if...

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

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

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Only trust thyself, and another shall not betray thee.

Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an...

Love grows. Lust wastes by Enjoyment, and the Reason is, that one springs from an...

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than...

He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than...

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

It no longer bothers me that I may be constantly searching for father figures; by...

My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every...

My father always wanted to be the corpse at every funeral, the bride at every...

I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what...

I talk and talk and talk, and I haven't taught people in 50 years what...