“No man of common sense will value a woman the less, for not giving herself up at the first attack, or for not accepting his proposal without enquiring into his person or character; on the contrary, he must think her the weakest of all creatures in the world, as the rate of men now goes; in short, he must have a very contemptible opinion of her capacities, nay, even of her understanding, that having but one cast for her life, shall cast that life away at once, and make matrimony like death, be a leap in the dark.”
Quote by Daniel Defoe
Daniel DefoeDaniel 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
“He that is rich is wise, And all men learned poverty despise.”
Source: A System of Magic
“So possible is it for us to roll ourselves up in wickedness, till we grow invulnerable by conscience; and that sentinel, once dozed, sleeps fast, not to be awakened while the tide of pleasure continues to flow or till something dark and dreadful brings us to ourselves again.”
Source: The Fortunate Mistress: or, a History of the Life of Mademoiselle de Bealau Known by the Name of Lady Roxana
“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.”
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
“Never, ladies, marry a fool. Any husband rather than a fool. With some other husband you may be unhappy, but with a fool you will be miserable.”
Source: Roxana; Or, The Fortunate Mistress: And The Life and Adventures of Mother Ross
“Manchester, one of the greatest, if not really the greatest mere village in England.”
“It's impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information.”
Source: Burning Chrome
“Avery fine city; the four principal streets are the fairest for breadth, and the finest built that I have ever seen in one city together? In a word,'tis the cleanest and beautifullest, and best built city in Britain, London excepted.”
“Pleasure is a thief to business.”
“This town of Sheffield is very populous and large, the streets narrow, and the houses dark and black, occasioned by the continued smoke of the forges, which are always at work: Here they make all sorts of cutlery-ware, but especially that of edged-tools, knives, razors, axes, &. and nails”
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
“London is like a cold dark dream sometimes.”
Source: Wide Sargasso Sea