Daniel Defoe Quotes

Daniel Defoe — English Journalist born on December 29, 1660,

Daniel Defoe , born Daniel Foe, was an English trader, writer, journalist, pamphleteer, and spy, most famous for his novel Robinson Crusoe. Defoe is noted for being one of the earliest proponents of the novel, as he helped to popularise the form in Britain with others such as Samuel Richardson, and is among the founders of the English novel. He was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than five hundred books, pamphlets, and journals on various topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology, and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of economic journalism... (wikipedia)

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

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.

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women.

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

Daniel Defoe Quotes

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