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

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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. more

“As I had once done thus in my breaking away from my Parents, so I could not be content now, but I must go and leave the happy View I had of being a rich and thriving Man in my new Plantation, only to pursue a rash and immoderate Desire of rising faster than the Nature of the Thing admitted; and thus I cast my self down again into the deepest Gulph of human Misery that ever Man fell into, or perhaps could be consistent with Life and a State of Health in the World.”

Men World Humans Self States Done Desire Parent Views Rich Misery Casts Pursue Faster Rising Consistent Plantations Breaking Away

Book:Robinson Crusoe

Source: Robinson Crusoe

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

Giving Laughing Friday Kill Me

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

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

“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.”

Men Happens Feet One Day Naked Boat Print Shore Noon

Book:Robinson Crusoe

Source: Robinson Crusoe

“Alas the Church of England! What with Popery on one hand, and schismatics on the other, how has she been crucified between two thieves!”

Two Hands Church England Thieves Alas Church Of England

Book:DANIEL DEFOE Ultimate Collection: 50+ Adventure Classics, Pirate Tales & Historical Novels - Including Biographies, Historical Works, Travel Sketches, Poems & Essays (Illustrated): Robinson Crusoe, The History of the Pirates, Captain Singleton, Memoirs of a Cavalier, A Journal of the Plague Year, Moll Flanders, Roxana, The History of the Devil, The King of Pirates and many more

Source: DANIEL DEFOE Ultimate Collection: 50+ Adventure Classics, Pirate Tales & Historical Novels - Including Biographies, Historical Works, Travel Sketches, Poems & Essays (Illustrated): Robinson Crusoe, The History of the Pirates, Captain Singleton, Memoirs of a Cavalier, A Journal of the Plague Year, Moll Flanders, Roxana, The History of the Devil, The King of Pirates and many more

“Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed.”

Certain Taxes Friars Faustus

Author:Daniel Defoe

“When you introduce competition into the public school system, most studies show that schools start to do better when they are competing for students.”

Shows School Study Students Competition Introducing Competing Public School School System

Author:Bill Cosby

“The boast of heraldry, the pomp of pow'r, And all that beauty, all that wealth e'er gave, Awaits alike th' inevitable hour. The paths of glory lead but to the grave.”

Hours Wealth Beauty Path Glory Graves Inevitable Boast Pow

Author:Thomas Gray

“And weep the more, because I weep in vain.”

Vain

Book:The works of Thomas Gray (ed. by J. Mitford).