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William Penn Quotes about Praise

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

We are apt to love praise, but not deserve it. But if we would deserve it, we must love virtue more than that.

William Penn (1782). “The Select Works of William Penn: In Five Volumes. ...”, p.181

We are too apt to love praise, but not to deserve it.

William Penn (1726). “A Collection of the Works of William Penn: To which is Prefixed a Journal of His Life, with Many Original Letters and Papers Not Before Published”, p.849