Daniel Defoe Quotes - Page 3
Abused prosperity is oftentimes made the very means of our greatest adversity.
Daniel Defoe (1761). “The Life and Strange Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe; of York, Mariner: With an account how he was at last as strangely delivered by pirates”, p.37
Wit, like the Belly, if it be not fed, Will starve the Members, and distract the Head.
Daniel Defoe (1705). “A Second Volume of the Writings of the Author of The True-born Englishman: Some Whereof Never Before Printed. Corrected and Enlarged by the Author”, p.166
Daniel Defoe (1836). “The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner with an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe”, p.57
1726 History of the Devil, bk.2, ch.6. 0 See also Franklin 335:18.
Daniel Defoe (1998). “Robinson Crusoe”, p.112, Courier Corporation
Daniel Defoe (1705). “A Second Volume of the Writings of the Author of The True-born Englishman: Some Whereof Never Before Printed. Corrected and Enlarged by the Author”, p.166
In their religion they are so uneven, That each man goes his own byway to heaven.
Daniel Defoe, George Chalmers (1841). “The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe”
Daniel Defoe (1840). “A System of Magic”, p.19
An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.
Daniel Defoe (1788). “The True Born Englishman. A Satire. A New Edition”, p.14
No shoots, says Friday, no yet, me shoot now, me no kill; me stay, give you one more laugh.
Daniel Defoe (1810). “The Life and Surprising Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner ...: With an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe”, p.333
Daniel Defoe (1816). “The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe; including an account of his shipwreck, and residence for twenty-nine years on an unknown island: the remarkable history of his deliverance; and the extraordinary circumstances which afterwards befel him in various parts of the world”, p.197
Daniel Defoe (1858). “The life and surprising adventures of Robinson Crusoe: of York, mariner; with a biographical account of Defoe”, p.109
Daniel Defoe (2015). “Robinson Crusoe”, p.14, Simon and Schuster
What are the sorrows of other men to us, and what their joy?
Daniel Defoe (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Daniel Defoe (Illustrated)”, p.4145, Delphi Classics
Daniel Defoe (1855). “The Novels and Miscellaneous Works of Daniel De Foe”, p.443
"The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe".
Daniel Defoe (1719). “Robinson Crusoe: The Illustrated Edition”, p.155, Top Five Books LLC
How strange a checker-work of Providence is the life of man!
Daniel Defoe, Keeley Halswelle, William Henry Davenport Adams (1871). “The Life and Strange Surprizing Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, of York, Mariner”, p.211
[The Devil's] laws are easy, and his gentle sway, Makes it exceeding pleasant to obey .
Daniel Defoe (1843). “The works of Daniel De Foe [ed.] by W. Hazlitt”, p.19
Daniel Defoe (1704). “An Essay on the Regulation of the Press”, p.4