“ When kings the sword of justice first lay down,They are no kings, though they possess the crown.Titles are shadows, crowns are empty things,The good of subjects is the end of kings. 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. Daniel Defoe
“ 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
“ Thus the Government of our Virtue was broken and I exchang'd the Place of Friend for that unmusical harsh-sounding Title of Whore. Daniel Defoe
“ Hoy amamos lo que mañana odiaremos. Hoy buscamos lo que mañana rehuiremos. Hoy deseamos lo que mañana nos asustará e, incluso, nos hará temblar de miedo. Daniel Defoe
“ In the first place , I was removed from all the wickedness of the world here. I had neither the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eye, or the pride of life. I had nothing to covet; for I had all that… Daniel Defoe
“ But as a fool is the worst of husbands to do a woman good, so a fool is the worst husband a woman can do good to. Daniel Defoe
“ Now I wished for my boy Xury, and the long boat with the shoulder of mutton sail, with which I sailed above a thousand miles on the coast of Africk; but this was in vain. Daniel Defoe
“ But, he says again, if God much strong, much might as the Devil, why God no kill the Devil, so make him no more do wicked? I was strangely surprised at his question, [...] And at first I could not tel… Daniel Defoe
“ What is this earth and sea of which I have seen so much? Whence is it produced? And what am I and all the other creatures, wild and tame, humane and brutal? Whence are we? Sure we are all made by some… Daniel Defoe
“ Strah od opasnosti je deset tisuća puta snažniji nego sama opasnost kad se pojavi pred očima. Daniel Defoe
“ Num trabalho honesto, costumava dizer [Bartholomew Roberts], o que se vê é gente magra, salários baixos e muito trabalho. Neste daqui, o que temos é fartura e saciedade, prazer e alegria, liberdade e… Daniel Defoe
“ I have since often observed, how incongruous and irrational the common temper of mankind is, especially of youth ... that they are not ashamed to sin, and yet are ashamed to repent; not ashamed of the… Daniel Defoe
“ 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
“ How mercifully can our Creator treat His creatures, even in those conditions in which they seemed to be overwhelmed in destruction! Daniel Defoe
“ It was now that I began sensibly to feel how much more happy this life I now led was, with all its miserable circumstances, than the wicked, cursed, abominable life I led all the past part of my days;… Daniel Defoe
“ I smil'd to my self at the sight of this money, O drug! said I aloud, what art thou good for? Thou art not worth to me, no not the taking off of the ground, one of those knives is worth all this heap,… Daniel Defoe
