Daniel Defoe Quotes

Daniel Defoe Quote: Fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself.
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It put me upon reflecting how little repining there would be among mankind at any condition of life, if people would rather compare their condition with those that were worse, in order to be thankful, than be always comparing them with those which are better, to assist their murmurings and complaining.

Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe, 1719)

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.

Daniel Defoe (Robinson Crusoe, 1719)

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.

Daniel Defoe (Moll Flanders, 1722)

A woman well bred and well taught, furnished with the additional accomplishments of knowledge and behaviour, is a creature without comparison. Her society is the emblem of sublimer enjoyments, her person is angelic, and her conversation heavenly. She is all softness and sweetness, peace, love, wit, and delight. She is every way suitable to the sublimest wish, and the man that has such a one to his portion, has nothing to do but to rejoice in her, and be thankful.

Daniel Defoe (The Education of Women, 1719)

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Daniel Defoe Biography

Born: 1660
Died: April 24, 1731

Daniel Defoe was an English writer and journalist. Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer who wrote more than 500 books. His most notable book being the world wide famous Robinson Crusoe.

Notable Works

The Education of Women (1719)
Robinson Crusoe (1719)
Moll Flanders (1722)

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