Share & Save
Meaning
Not documented yet.
When It Was Said
Not documented yet.
Who It Was Said To
Not documented yet.
Historical Context
Not documented yet.
Source
Not documented yet.
Original Language & Translation
Originally said in English.
Did They Really Say It?
Not documented yet.
Did You Know?
Not documented yet.
About Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe is quoted here; further biographical details are not publicly available.
More from Daniel Defoe (24 quotes) →Other sayings from Daniel Defoe
- “I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized a…”Daniel Defoe
- “I added, that whoever the woman was that had an estate, and would give it up to be the slave of a great man,…”Daniel Defoe
- “As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.”Daniel Defoe
- “The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished, or the luster of it will never app…”Daniel Defoe
Wisdom: more sayings
- “Modest doubt is call'd the beacon of the wise.”William Shakespeare
- “On the surface of Life, you walk, talk, act, play but you live only when truly in contact with your Souls, yo…”Nataša Nuit Pantović
- “It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imag…”H. L. Mencken
Money: more sayings
READ THE SOURCE
Books by Daniel Defoe
Robinson Crusoe
2008
Moll Flanders
1982
The history of the great plague in London in the year 1665
1895
The fortunate mistress, or, Roxana
2006
Captain Singleton
2007