Quotes by Daniel Defoe

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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
I told him I had, perhaps, different notions of matrimony from what the received custom had given us of it; that I thoug — Daniel Defoe
I added, that whoever the woman was that had an estate, and would give it up to be the slave of a great man, that woman — Daniel Defoe
I had great Reason to consider it as a Determination of Heaven, that in this desolate Place, and in this desolate Manner — Daniel Defoe
...I should always find that the calamities of life were shared among the upper and lower part of mankind, but that the — Daniel Defoe
Middle age is youth without its levity And age without decay. — Daniel Defoe
Whenever God erects a house of prayer The devil always builds a chapel there And 'twill be found upon examination The — 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
I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christ — Daniel Defoe
All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have. — 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