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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

“Unhappy wretch... shall my ill-got Wealth, the Product of prosperous Lust, and of a vile and vicious Life of Whoredom and Adultery, be intermingled with the honest well-gotten Estate of this innocent gentleman, to be a Moth and a Caterpiller among it, and bring the Judgments of Heaven upon him, and upon what he has, for my sake!”

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Book:Roxana

Source: Roxana

“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.”

Sin Greater Blessing Add Affliction Hints Deliverance

Book:The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner with an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe

Source: The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe of York, Mariner with an Account of His Travels Round Three Parts of the Globe

“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.”

Men Action Sin Common Wise Mankind Youth Fool Ought Ashamed Temper Irrational Repent

Book:Robinson Crusoe

Source: Robinson Crusoe

“Redemption from sin is greater then redemption from affliction.”

Sin Greater Redemption Affliction

Author:Daniel Defoe

“'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.”

Literature Sin Devil Cheating Cheat

Book:The Political History of the Devil ... The Whole Interspers'd with Many of the Devil's Adventures ... To which is Added, a Description of the Devil's Dwelling, Vulgarly Call'd Hell. The Fifth Edition. [By Daniel Defoe.]

Source: The Political History of the Devil ... The Whole Interspers'd with Many of the Devil's Adventures ... To which is Added, a Description of the Devil's Dwelling, Vulgarly Call'd Hell. The Fifth Edition. [By Daniel Defoe.]