Author: Daniel Defoe

Quotes

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never appear.

- Daniel Defoe

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep, than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.

- Daniel Defoe

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

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

- Daniel Defoe

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness for what we have.

- Daniel Defoe

The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad die late.

- Daniel Defoe

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