Daniel Defoe1660–1731The quotations of
Daniel Defoe
English trader, writer, and journalist
1660–1731
11 quotes, most often on Good & Evil.
- Jure divino: a satyre, Introduction, l. 2 (1706).
Great families of yesterday we show,
And lords whose parents were the Lord knows who.The True-Born Englishman (1701), Pt. I, l. 374.- Robinson Crusoe (1719), Ch. 10, Tames Goats.In context
‘Tis very strange Men should be so fond of being thought wickeder than they are.
A System of Magick (1726).The best of men cannot suspend their fate:
The good die early, and the bad die late.The Character of the Late Dr. Samuel Annesley, by Way of Elegy (1697)- Robinson Crusoe (1719), Chapter IXIn context
- Robinson Crusoe (1719), Chapter XIIn context
Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself
Robinson Crusoe (1719), Chapter XIIn context- Robinson Crusoe (1719), Chapter XIIIn context
All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them.
Robinson Crusoe (1719), Chapter IVIn context- Robinson Crusoe (1719), Chapter IXIn context
