The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better subject for contemplation than the other.


The Select Works of William Penn.... (ed. 1782)

William Penn Quotes

The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better...

The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better...

The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better...

The country life is to be preferred, for there we see the works of God; but in cities little else but the works of men. And the one makes a better...