Truth often suffers more by the heat of its defenders than the arguments of its opposers. – William Penn
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. – William Penn
To hazard much to get much has more of avarice than wisdom. – William Penn
Between a man and his wife nothing ought to rule but love. – William Penn
Fiction is a kind of compassion-generating machine that saves us from sloth. Is life kind or cruel? Yes, Literature answers. Are people good or bad? You bet, says Literature. But unlike other systems of knowing, Literature declines to eradicate one truth in favor of another. – George Saunders