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Daniel Defoe, an English writer born on September 13, 1660, and died on April 24, 1731. His works covered a wide range of genres, including adventure novels, political satire, and philosophical thinking, with his most famous work being 'Robinson Crusoe'. Defoe's works have had a profound impact on literature.

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Famous Daniel Defoe Quotes

“No man commits evil for the sake of it; even the Devil himself has some farther design in sinning, than barely the wicked part of it.”

Men Evil Design Devil Sake Commit Wicked Sinning

Book:The Complete Adventures of Robinson Crusoe – 3 Books in One Volume (Illustrated): The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe & Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe

Source: The Complete Adventures of Robinson Crusoe – 3 Books in One Volume (Illustrated): The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe & Serious Reflections of Robinson Crusoe

“In the course of our lives, the evil which in itself we seek most to shun, and which, when we are fallen into, is the most dreadful to us, is oftentimes the very means or door of our deliverance, by which alone we can be raised again from the affliction we are fallen into.”

Mean Courses Evil Our Lives Doors Raised Fallen Repentance Affliction Deliverance Very Mean

Book: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

Source: 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

“Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself when apparent to the eyes ; and we find the burden of anxiety greater, by much, than the evil which we are anxious about.”

Eye Evil Greater Danger Thousand Ten Anxiety Burden Anxious

Book:The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe: who was shipwrecked on an uninhabited island, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque, where he resided twenty-eight years. With an account of his travels through various parts of the world

Source: The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe: who was shipwrecked on an uninhabited island, near the mouth of the great river Oroonoque, where he resided twenty-eight years. With an account of his travels through various parts of the world

“All evils are to be considered with the good that is in them, and with what worse attends them.”

Evil

Book:The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, mariner, written by himself [by D. Defoe

Source: The life and adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, mariner, written by himself [by D. Defoe

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

Evil Poverty Worst Roots Snares Covetousness

Author:Daniel Defoe