Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe
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,...
coward fool sides
He that hath truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because fo other mens's opinions.
men coward fool
He that opposes his own judgment against the consent of the times ought to be backed with unanswerable truths; and he that has truth on his side is a fool as well as a coward if he is afraid to own it because of other men's opinions.
husband unhappy fool
Never, ladies, marry a fool. Any husband rather than a fool. With some other husband you may be unhappy, but with a fool you will be miserable.
wise men fool
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 action for which they ought justly to be esteemed fools, but are ashamed of the returning, which only can make them be esteemed wise men.
age middle youth
Middle age is youth without its levity,/ And age without decay.
began mob
From this amphibious ill-born mob began That vain, ill-natured thing, an Englishman.
doctrine loved
We loved the doctrine for the teacher's sake.
doctrine sake teachers
We lov'd the doctrine for the teachers sake
builds chapel devil god house largest latter wherever
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
stay-calm trouble
In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.
wise men poverty
He that is rich is wise, And all men learned poverty despise.
cheer book heart
Call upon me in the Day of Trouble, and I will deliver, and thou shalt glorify me...Wait on the Lord, and be of good Cheer, and he shall strengthen thy Heart; wait, I say, on the Lord:' It is impossible to express the Comfort this gave me. In Answer, I thankfully laid down the Book, and was no more sad, at least, not on that Occasion.
men heaven religion
In their religion they are so uneven, That each man goes his own byway to heaven.
action virtue crime
Actions receive their tincture from the times, And as they change are virtues made or crimes