Facts about Daniel Defoe

Occup.Journalist
FromEngland
Died1731 AC

Summary

Daniel Defoe was a famous Journalist from England.

Our collection contains 16 quotes who is written / told by Daniel.

16 Famous quotes by Daniel Defoe

Small: I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civil
"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"
Small: He that is rich is wise
"He that is rich is wise"
Small: The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will nev
"The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear"
Small: 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 lio
"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"
Small: In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled
"In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled"
Small: 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"
Small: All men would be tyrants if they could
"All men would be tyrants if they could"
Small: Necessity makes an honest man a knave
"Necessity makes an honest man a knave"
Small: Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could
"Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could"
Small: Its no sin to cheat the devil
"Its no sin to cheat the devil"
Small: 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"
Small: 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"
Small: Pride the first peer and president of hell
"Pride the first peer and president of hell"
Small: 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"
Small: All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we hav
"All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have"
Small: 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"