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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.

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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.

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Dreams Quote

The nicest thing for me is sleep, then at least I can dream.

- Marilyn Monroe

Wise Quote

It is better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to open one's mouth and remove all doubt.

- Abraham Lincoln

Truth Quote

The truth is, everyone is going to hurt you. You just got to find the ones worth suffering for.

- Bob Marley

Friendship Quote

Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers.

- Mary Richards

Life Quote

I always like to look on the optimistic side of life, but I am realistic enough to know that life is a complex matter.

- Walt Disney

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