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Daniel Defoe quotes: No man commits evil for the sake of it; even the Devil himself has some farther design in sinning, than barely the wicked part of it.

No man commits evil for the sake of it; even the Devil himself has some farther design in sinning, than barely the wicked part of it.

Daniel Defoe quotes: I rather wished for their ruin, than studied to avoid it.

I rather wished for their ruin, than studied to avoid it.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Self-destruction is the effect of cowardice in the highest extreme.

Self-destruction is the effect of cowardice in the highest extreme.

Daniel Defoe quotes: I hear much of people's calling out to punish the guilty, but very few are concerned to clear the innocent.

I hear much of people's calling out to punish the guilty, but very few are concerned to clear the innocent.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Robinson Kreutznaer; but, by the usual corruption of words in England, we are now called - nay we call ourselves and write our name - Crusoe; and

Robinson Kreutznaer; but, by the usual corruption of words in England, we are now called - nay we call ourselves and write our name - Crusoe; and

Daniel Defoe quotes: And so my story begins, like so many stories, with a woman

And so my story begins, like so many stories, with a woman

Daniel Defoe quotes: In their religion they are so uneven, That each man goes his own byway to heaven.

In their religion they are so uneven,
That each man goes his own byway to heaven.

Daniel Defoe quotes: It is as reasonable to represent one kind of imprisonment by another as it is to represent anything that really exists by that which exists not.

It is as reasonable to represent one kind of imprisonment by another as it is to represent anything that really exists by that which exists not.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

Daniel Defoe quotes: Abused prosperity is oftentimes made the very means of our greatest adversity.

Abused prosperity is oftentimes made the very means of our greatest adversity.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Pleasure is a thief to business.

Pleasure is a thief to business.

Daniel Defoe quotes: I had been tricked once by that Cheat called love, but the Game was over ...

I had been tricked once by that Cheat called love, but the Game was over ...

Daniel Defoe quotes: For now I had five children by him: the only work perhaps that fools are good for.

For now I had five children by him: the only work perhaps that fools are good for.

Daniel Defoe quotes: She is always married too soon, who gets a bad husband, and she is never married too late, who gets a good one.

She is always married too soon, who gets a bad husband, and she is never married too late, who gets a good one.

Daniel Defoe quotes: The best of men cannot defend their fate: the good die early, the bad die late.

The best of men cannot defend their fate: the good die early, the bad die late.

Daniel Defoe quotes: As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Wait on the Lord, and be of good cheer, and he shall strengthen thy heart; wait, I say, on the Lord.

Wait on the Lord, and be of good cheer, and he shall strengthen thy heart; wait, I say, on the Lord.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Redemption from sin is greater then redemption from affliction.

Redemption from sin is greater then redemption from affliction.

Daniel Defoe quotes: All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them.

All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them.

Daniel Defoe quotes: In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.

In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.

Daniel Defoe quotes: The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Wit, like the Belly, if it be not fed, Will starve the Members, and distract the Head.

Wit, like the Belly, if it be not fed, Will starve the Members, and distract the Head.

Daniel Defoe quotes: What are the sorrows of other men to us, and what their joy? ...

What are the sorrows of other men to us, and what their joy? ...

Daniel Defoe quotes: Alas the Church of England! What with Popery on one hand, and schismatics on the other, how has she been crucified between two thieves!

Alas the Church of England! What with Popery on one hand, and schismatics on the other, how has she been crucified between two thieves!

Daniel Defoe quotes: Call on me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver, and thou shalt glorify me.

Call on me in the day of trouble, and I will deliver, and thou shalt glorify me.

Daniel Defoe quotes: He that hath truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because fo other mens's opinions.

He that hath truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because fo other mens's opinions.

Daniel Defoe quotes: My father, a wise and grave man, gave me serious and excellent counsel against what he foresaw was my design.

My father, a wise and grave man, gave me serious and excellent counsel against what he foresaw was my design.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Thus the Government of our Virtue was broken and I exchang'd the Place of Friend for that unmusical harsh-sounding Title of Whore.

Thus the Government of our Virtue was broken and I exchang'd the Place of Friend for that unmusical harsh-sounding Title of Whore.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Tis very strange men should be so fond of being wickeder than they are.

Tis very strange men should be so fond of being wickeder than they are.

Daniel Defoe quotes: A True Born Englishman's a contradiction!In speech and irony, in fact a fiction

A True Born Englishman's a contradiction!
In speech and irony, in fact a fiction

Daniel Defoe quotes: walked about a furlong

walked about a furlong

Daniel Defoe quotes: Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed.

Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Wit is the Fruitful Womb where Thoughts conceive.

Wit is the Fruitful Womb where Thoughts conceive.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Friends are good,good, if well chosen.

Friends are good,
good, if well chosen.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Pride the first peer and president of hell.

Pride the first peer and president of hell.

Daniel Defoe quotes: miserable of all conditions in this world: that we may always find in it something to comfort ourselves from, and

miserable of all conditions in this world: that we may always find in it something to comfort ourselves from, and

Daniel Defoe quotes: Actions receive their tincture from the times,And as they change are virtues made or crimes

Actions receive their tincture from the times,
And as they change are virtues made or crimes

Daniel Defoe quotes: I saw the Cloud, though I did not foresee the Storm.

I saw the Cloud, though I did not foresee the Storm.

Daniel Defoe quotes: For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first.

For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first.

Daniel Defoe quotes: The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

Daniel Defoe quotes: 'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

Daniel Defoe quotes: inclinations prompted me to. But being one day at Hull, where

inclinations prompted me to. But being one day at Hull, where

Daniel Defoe quotes: Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.

Daniel Defoe quotes: I spent eighteen days entirely in widening and deepening my cave,

I spent eighteen days entirely in widening and deepening my cave,

Daniel Defoe quotes: In the middle of these cogitations, apprehensions, and reflections,

In the middle of these cogitations, apprehensions, and reflections,

Daniel Defoe quotes: Sure we are all made by some secret Power, who formed the earth and sea, the air and sky.

Sure we are all made by some secret Power, who formed the earth and sea, the air and sky.

Daniel Defoe quotes: It is never too late to be wise.

It is never too late to be wise.

Daniel Defoe quotes: I am giving an account of what was, not of what ought or ought not to be.

I am giving an account of what was, not of what ought or ought not to be.

Daniel Defoe quotes: [The Devil's] laws are easy, and his gentle sway, Makes it exceeding pleasant to obey .

[The Devil's] laws are easy, and his gentle sway, Makes it exceeding pleasant to obey .

Daniel Defoe quotes: How strange a checker-work of Providence is the life of man!

How strange a checker-work of Providence is the life of man!

Daniel Defoe quotes: Books are useful only to such whose genius are suitable to the subject of them

Books are useful only to such whose genius are suitable to the subject of them

Daniel Defoe quotes: He that is rich is wise.

He that is rich is wise.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Misfortunes seldom come alone.

Misfortunes seldom come alone.

Daniel Defoe quotes: It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

Daniel Defoe quotes: If God much strong, much might, as the devil, why God not kill the devil, so make him no more wicked?

If God much strong, much might, as the devil, why God not kill the devil, so make him no more wicked?

Daniel Defoe quotes: Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

Daniel Defoe quotes: And of all plagues with which mankind are curst, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.

And of all plagues with which mankind are curst, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.

Daniel Defoe quotes: An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.

An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.

Daniel Defoe quotes: It happen'd one Day about Noon going towards my Boat, I was exceedingly surpriz'd with the Print of a Man's naked Foot on the Shore.

It happen'd one Day about Noon going towards my Boat, I was exceedingly surpriz'd with the Print of a Man's naked Foot on the Shore.

Daniel Defoe quotes: No shoots, says Friday, no yet, me shoot now, me no kill; me stay, give you one more laugh.

No shoots, says Friday, no yet, me shoot now, me no kill; me stay, give you one more laugh.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Manchester, one of the greatest, if not really the greatest mere village in England.

Manchester, one of the greatest, if not really the greatest mere village in England.

Daniel Defoe quotes: Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

Daniel Defoe quotes: And of all the plagues with which mankind are cursed, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.

And of all the plagues with which mankind are cursed, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.

Daniel Defoe quotes: He that is rich is wise, And all men learned poverty despise.

He that is rich is wise, And all men learned poverty despise.

Daniel Defoe quotes: And in that one night's wickedness I drowned all my repentance,all my reflections upon my past conduct,and all my resolution for the future.

And in that one night's wickedness I drowned all my repentance,all my reflections upon my past conduct,and all my resolution for the future.