William Penn. (1644–1718). Fruits of Solitude.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 267. Have a care of that base Evil Detraction. It is the Fruit of Envy, as that is of Pride; the immediate Offspring of the Devil: Who, of an Angel, a Lucifer, a Son of the Morning, made himself a Serpent, a Devil, a Beelzebub, and all that is obnoxious to the Eternal Goodness. | 1 |
| 268. Vertue is not secure against Envy. Men will Lessen what they won’t Imitate. | 2 |
| 269. Dislike what deserves it, but never Hate: For that is of the Nature of Malice; which is almost ever to Persons, not Things, and is one of the blackest Qualities Sin begets in the Soul. | 3 |
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