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Daniel Defoe Quotes

Brief author info: Daniel Defoe (1660-1731) Born Daniel Foe. English novelist, pamphleteer, journalist, political agent.

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Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.

Daniel Defoe

I hear much of people's calling out to punish the guilty, but very few are concerned to clear the innocent.

Daniel Defoe

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

Daniel Defoe

We loved the doctrine for the teacher's sake.

Daniel Defoe

Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could.

Daniel Defoe

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Sad Quote

They say when you are missing someone that they are probably feeling the same, but I don't think it's possible for you to miss me as much as I'm missing you right now

- Edna St. Vincent Millay

Unhappiness Quote

It's better to be unhappy alone than unhappy with someone.

- Marilyn Monroe

Love Quote

I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me.

- Anonymous

Happiness Quote

Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

- Maxim Gorky

Motivational Quote

Keep in mind that the true measure of an individual is how he treats a person who can do him absolutely no good.

- Ann Landers

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