Who wrote the following lines and from what poem does it come from? "Sense shines with a double luster when it is set in humility. An able and yet humble man is a jewel worth a kingdom."

-- Julian E. Bashir (Poeticlght@aol.com), March 05, 1999

Answers

William Penn

but it is not part of a poem or is it ???

In 1682, William Penn (1644-1718) , who was an Englishman and a devout Quaker, signed a treaty with the Delaware Indians.

or that was another Penn . . . ??? !

-- ilza (ilza@pobox.com), March 05, 1999.