Daniel Defoe Quotes About Literature

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  • An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.

    Daniel Defoe (1788). “The True Born Englishman. A Satire. A New Edition”, p.14
  • Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

    'The Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe' (1720) ch. 2
  • All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

    Daniel Defoe (1815). “Crusoe, written by himself [by D. Defoe”, p.125
  • The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

    'An Essay Upon Projects' (1697)
  • 'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

    Daniel Defoe (1754). “The Political History of the Devil ... The Whole Interspers'd with Many of the Devil's Adventures ... To which is Added, a Description of the Devil's Dwelling, Vulgarly Call'd Hell. The Fifth Edition. [By Daniel Defoe.]”, p.304
  • The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.

    'Character of the late Dr S. Annesley' (1715)
  • 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 (1843). “The works of Daniel De Foe [ed.] by W. Hazlitt”
  • Justice is always Violence to the Party offending, for every Man is Innocent in his own Eyes.

    "Selected Writings of Daniel Defoe".
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