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Daniel Defoe, engraving by M. Van der Gucht, after a portrait by J. Taverner, first half of the 18th century.
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Daniel Defoe: Quotes

  • Justice
    Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.Daniel Defoe
  • The Devil
    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.
    Daniel Defoe: The True-Born Englishman
  • Tyranny
    Nature has left this tincture in the blood,
    That all men would be tyrants if they could.
    Daniel Defoe: The Kentish Petition