Was Benevolent and Good Misery Made Me a Fiend Make Me Happy and I Shall Again Be Virtuous

„I was chivalrous and skilful; misery fabricated me a fiend. Make me happy, and I shall once again exist virtuous."

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„I expect to pass through this world but one time. Any good, therefore, that I can practise or whatever kindness I can show to any fellow creature, permit me practice information technology now. Allow me non defer or neglect it for I shall non laissez passer this way again."

— Stephen Grellet American Quaker missionary 1773 - 1855

This, and variants of it, take been been widely circulated as a Quaker maxim since at least 1869, and attributed to Grellet since at least 1893. W. Gurney Benham in Benham'south Book of Quotations, Proverbs, and Household Words (1907) states that though sometimes attributed to others, "there seems to be some authority in favor of Stephen Grellet being the author, but the passage does non appear in any of his printed works." It appears to accept been published every bit an anonymous maxim at to the lowest degree every bit early on as 1859, when it appeared in Household Words : A Weekly Journal.
It has likewise frequently become attributed to the more famous Quaker William Penn, equally well as others including Mahatma Gandhi and Ralph Waldo Emerson.
Variants:
I wait to pass through this world but in one case. If, therefore, there be whatever kindness I can show, or whatsoever good thing I can do whatsoever fellow homo beingness allow me do it now. Let me not defer or neglect information technology, for I will not pass this mode again.
Writing of an unnamed Quaker, as quoted in Scott'due south Monthly Magazine Vol. VII, No. 6 (June 1869, p. 475, edited by William J. Scott
I wait to pass through this world merely one time. Any practiced thing, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I tin show to any fellow human existence let me do it now. Let me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall not pass this way again.
Every bit quoted anonymously in Hr by Hour; or, The Christian'due south Daily Life (1885), compiled by E.A.L., p. 37, and as "the erstwhile Quaker's words" in The Unitarian Vol. Vi (July 1891); this version was given the title "Practise It At present" in Heart Throbs: In Prose and Verse (1905) by Joe Mitchell Chapple.
I shall pass through this world but in one case! Any skilful thing, therefore, that I can exercise or any kindness that I tin show to any homo being, permit me practise it now, in his name, and for his sake! Permit me non defer or neglect it, for I shall not pass this way over again.
Bearding quotation on a card, as quoted in The Friend, Vol. 61 (1888) by The Society of Friends, p. 364
I shall laissez passer through this world just once. Any adept, therefore, that I can do or any kindness I can show to whatsoever human being, allow me practice it now. Allow me not defer or neglect information technology, for I shall not laissez passer this way over again.
Anonymous quotation on a card, equally quoted in A Memorial of a True Life : A Biography of Hugh McAllister Beaver (1898) past Robert Elliott Speer, p. 169
I expect to pass through this globe just once. If, therefore, there be whatsoever kindness I can show, or any good thing I tin practise, to any fellow being let me practice it at present. Permit me not defer nor neglect it, for I shall non pass this way again.
Equally quoted anonymously in The Lamp Vol. XXVI (Feb-July 1903)
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„I believe there is one Supreme virtually perfect existence. … I believe He is pleased and delights in the happiness of those He has created; and since without virtue man can take no happiness in this world, I firmly believe He delights to run across me virtuous."

— Benjamin Franklin American writer, printer, political theorist, pol, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, a… 1706 - 1790

"Articles of Belief and Acts of Religion" (1728).
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