Monday, April 20, 2026

Some Fruits of Solitude By William Penn (1682) Part 17: 149-158 (Complacency, Shifts, Interest, Inquiry)

 Some Fruits of Solitude By William Penn (1682) Part 17: 149-158 (Complacency, Shifts, Interest, Inquiry)

Bonus:  

Can your fruit solitude?

Summary: Some fruits are better by themselves.

Commentary:  

149. Never assent merely to please others. For that is, besides Flattery, oftentimes Untruth; and discovers a Mind liable to be servile and base: Nor contradict to vex others, for that shows an ill Temper, and provokes, but profits no Body.

This is technically being complacent, I guess, but it's kind of weird filed there.  Good advice, though.

157. The usefulest Truths are plainest: And while we keep to them, our Differences cannot rise high.

William Penn channeling Winston from 1984: "The best books are the ones that tell you what you already know."

 

 

 

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