William Penn. (1644–1718). Fruits of Solitude.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14. |
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| 325. Remember the Proverb, Bene qui latuit, bene vixit. They are happy that live Retiredly. | 1 |
| 326. If this be true, Princes and their Grandees, of all Men, are the unhappiest: For they live least alone: And they that must be enjoyed by every Body, can never enjoy themselves as they should. | 2 |
| 327. It is the Advantage little Men have upon them; they can be Private, and have leisure for Family Comforts, which are the greatest worldly Contents Men can enjoy. | 3 |
| 328. But they that place Pleasure in Greediness, seek it there: And we see Rule is as much the Ambition of some Natures, as Privacy is the Choice of others. | 4 |
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