Necessity makes an honest man a knave
Daniel Defoe quote Actions receive their tincture from the times,
And as they change are virtues made or crimes (A Hymn to the Pillory)
Virtue |
Daniel Defoe quoteWe loved the doctrine for the teacher's sake (Character of the late Dr S. Annesley)
Daniel Defoe quote My man Friday (Robinson Crusoe)
Daniel Defoe quote The best of men cannot suspend their fate:
The good die early, and the bad die late. (Character of the late Dr S. Annesley)
Fate And Destiny |
Daniel Defoe quoteAs covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares. (Moll Flanders)
Daniel Defoe quote The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the lustre of it will never appear. (An Essay Upon Projects)
Daniel Defoe quote From this amphibious ill-born mob began
That vain, ill-natured thing, an Englishman. (The True-Born Englishman)
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