“Do what good you can unknown, and be it not vain of what ought rather to be felt than seen.” — William Penn
(Do good things quietly, and not just to make yourself feel better. Sage advice from the Quaker Oats dude! Be well and do good, friends.) — YUR
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Solving a William Penn cryptoquote is like herding cats. If one uses usual methods of solving by trying to grasp the idea, Penn’s words are almost like trying to put together a random series of nearly disconnected words. I read stuff from his contemporaries, and I have concluded that his wisdom was solid, but he was a loquatiously snobby writer. Just me. It was a big challenging piece. And in reading his other quotes, I was glad those others were not selected. Good solving.
I agree, Nelsie. Many of these quote authors, from long ago, use language and speech patterns that are quite vexing. I’ve been known to guess wrong on a first letter of a word from time to time because of this. — YUR
UR,
If one gives with a cheerful heart and silently, Blessings shall come. What gets some folks vexed is the fact that the Blessings often times won’t arrive quickly, may not be in $$ form, and may go to someone or something they truly care about**^…
…and as deep goes to deep the show…….
Oh Yea…Byyyyy…….k