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Daniel Defoe (Writer)

Tis no sin to cheat the devil
— Daniel Defoe evil
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
Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.
— Daniel Defoe art
Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there; And twill be found, upon examination, The latter has the largest congregation
— Daniel Defoe god
The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late.
— Daniel Defoe men
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 soul
Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.
— Daniel Defoe
All men would be tyrants if they could.
— Daniel Defoe men
All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.
— Daniel Defoe want
As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares
— Daniel Defoe evil
He that is rich is wise.
— Daniel Defoe wise
I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.
— Daniel Defoe women
In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.
— Daniel Defoe you
Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could.
— Daniel Defoe nature
Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
— Daniel Defoe man
Pride the first peer and president of hell.
— Daniel Defoe pride
An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.
— Daniel Defoe lies

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