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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.

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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.

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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

Trust Quote

You believe lies so you eventually learn to trust no one but yourself.

- Marilyn Monroe

Success Quote

Try not to become a man of success but rather try to become a man of value.

- Albert Einstein

Friendship Quote

Friends show their love in times of trouble, not in happiness.

- Euripides

Humorous Quote

Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.

- Albert Einstein

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