A Quote by – Stephen De Grellet

Topic of this Quote:

Author Name:

Stephen De Grellet

Born As:

Étienne de Grellet du Mabillier.

Other Names:

Born:

02 Nov 1773

Died:

16 Nov 1855
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This has been been widely circulated as a Quaker saying since 1869, and attributed to Grellet since at least 1893. W. Gurney Benham in Benham's 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 not appear in any of his printed works." It appears to have been published as an anonymous proverb at least as early as 1859, when it appeared in Household Words : A Weekly Journal. It has also often become mis-attributed to the more famous Quaker William Penn, as well as others including Mahatma Gandhi and Ralph Waldo Emerson.