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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

I am still young and being the [England] squad is really good for me although I've still got a lot to learn. — Jermain Defoe

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

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

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

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

I think my faith is important. Being young as well, sometimes it's difficult, but I've got a good family behind me as well. — Jermain Defoe

I want to again highlight the desperate need for us to pull together - the world over - to tackle knife crime and teach everyone how sacred a life is. — Jermain Defoe

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

You want to play in the best stadiums against the best players - your Real Madrid's and Barcelona's - you want to play those teams. — Jermain Defoe

Robbie Keane's not the second choice, he's my first choice. But Jermain Defoe is as well. — Martin Jol

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

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

I prefer not to fly, but sometimes it's unavoidable. — Jermain Defoe

I just get up in the morning and say: 'Yeah man, I'm ready to score goals.' — Jermain Defoe

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised — Daniel Defoe

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

I love scoring - even in training. — Jermain Defoe

I understand it's difficult but you've got to think about yourself, you know, and not just follow the crowd. — Jermain Defoe

Pleasure is a thief to business. — Daniel Defoe

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

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

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

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

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

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

Redemption from sin is greater then redemption from affliction. — Daniel Defoe

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

Defoe was level and anyone who says otherwise is picking hairs — John Motson

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

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

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

I feel 21. I've looked after myself and take my football seriously. — Jermain Defoe

It doesn't matter who you are, football's a business. At some stage you're going to have to leave a football club; that's just normal. — Jermain Defoe

When you get up in the morning and know you're doing something you love, feel fit and look after yourself, it's just a great thing to do. — Jermain Defoe

The role that I play as a lone striker, I enjoy it and particularly playing with great players. — Jermain Defoe

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

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

It is never too late to be wise. — Daniel Defoe

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

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

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

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

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

The best thing about football is that the rules are so simple. Anyone can play anywhere. — Jermain Defoe

Wit is the Fruitful Womb where Thoughts conceive. — Daniel Defoe

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

Friends are good,
good, if well chosen. — Daniel Defoe

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil. — Daniel Defoe

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

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

The Revenge of Adam Defoe — Evgeny Levin

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

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

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

You can't reduce passion and flair and eating ham to numbers, sir! — Gideon Defoe

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

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

walked about a furlong — Daniel Defoe

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

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

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

I would like to tell you that I wrote my book to push back artistic boundaries. But I didn't. I wrote it to impress a girl. — Gideon Defoe

I'm a forward, but I can't be the only forward at a club. Over the years, the clubs who've won titles have had several strikers. — Jermain Defoe

When you play with good players, they will always create chances for the forwards to score. — Jermain Defoe

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

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

Misfortunes seldom come alone. — Daniel Defoe

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

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

Remember all men would be tyrants if they could - from a poem by Daniel Defoe, as written by Abigail to John Adams — David McCullough

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

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

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

If you're good to your body, your body's good to you. — Jermain Defoe

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

I've always been a religious person, and I try to think that every disappointment might just be a blessing in disguise. — Jermain Defoe

There is always going to be competition. When you play for a top club, you're going to attract top players. It's part and parcel of football. — Jermain Defoe

With a sound like a bat hitting a watermelon, pirate fist connected with pirate jaw and a gold tooth bounced across the deck. — Gideon Defoe

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

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

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

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

I don't do chat-up lines. Girls often tell me I'm cheeky. Being cheeky seems to work OK for me. — Jermain Defoe

Necessity makes an honest man a knave. — Daniel Defoe

Pride the first peer and president of hell. — Daniel Defoe

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

I don't know about anyone else, but if I had problems or issues, maybe I wouldn't feel as comfortable talking about them in a group. — Jermain Defoe

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

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. — Daniel Defoe

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

He that is rich is wise. — Daniel Defoe

I've got a Ferrari 430. It's black. I don't know what it cost but it wasn't cheap. I bought it because I was being a boy. It's fast and looks good. — Jermain Defoe

I scored in a World Cup and I want that buzz again. — Jermain Defoe

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

I am doing my job and trying to win a game for my team. I shouldn't be getting racially abused; it's silly. — Jermain Defoe

When you've something to fight for, you get the best out of yourself. — Jermain Defoe