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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»
«And of all plagues with which mankind are cursed, ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.»
«The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late»
Author: Daniel Defoe | About: Men | Keywords: suspend, suspending, suspends
«He that is rich is wise»
Author: 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»
Author: Daniel Defoe | About: Military | Keywords: army, Army of, lions
«Pride the first peer and president of hell.»
Author: Daniel Defoe | Keywords: peer, peering, President of
«'Tis no sin to cheat the devil»
Author: Daniel Defoe | About: Sin | Keywords: cheat, Cheat The
«He bade me observe it, and I should always find, that the calamities of life were shared among the upper and lower part of mankind; but that the middle station had the fewest disasters»
«We lov'd the doctrine for the teachers sake»
Author: Daniel Defoe | Keywords: doctrine
«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»

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