189 Quotes by Daniel Defoe

Tis very strange men should be so fond of being wickeder than they are.

Expect nothing and you'll always be surprised

And I add this part here, to hint to whoever shall read it, that whenever they come to a true Sense of things, they will find Deliverance from Sin a much greater Blessing than Deliverance from Affliction.

Manchester, one of the greatest, if not really the greatest mere village in England.

For sudden Joys, like Griefs, confound at first.

It happen'd one Day about Noon going towards my Boat, I was exceedingly surpriz'd with the Print of a Man's naked Foot on the Shore.

No shoots, says Friday, no yet, me shoot now, me no kill; me stay, give you one more laugh.

Self-destruction is the effect of cowardice in the highest extreme.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.