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He that is rich is wise.

Daniel Defoe

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Daniel Defoe
Age: 70 †
Born: 1660
Born: September 30
Died: 1731
Died: April 24
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London
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Daniel Foe
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What are the sorrows of other men to us, and what their joy?
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In the course of our lives, the evil which in itself we seek most to shun, and which, when we are fallen into, is the most dreadful to us, is oftentimes the very means or door of our deliverance, by which alone we can be raised again from the affliction we are fallen into.
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I know not what to call this, nor will I urge that it is a secret, overruling decree, that hurries us on to be the instruments of our own destruction, even though it be before us, and that we rush upon it with our eyes open.
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Not the man in the moon, not the groaning-board, not the speaking of friar Bacon's brazen- head, not the inspiration of mother Shipton, or the miracles of Dr. Faustus, things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed.
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[The Devil's] laws are easy, and his gentle sway, Makes it exceeding pleasant to obey .
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Thus fear of danger is ten thousand times more terrifying than danger itself when apparent to the eyes and we find the burden of anxiety greater, by much, than the evil which we are anxious about.
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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.
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The Dutch must be understood as they really are, the Middle Persons in Trade, the Factors and Brokers of Europe... they buy to sell again, take in to send out again, and the greatest Part of their vast Commerce consists in being supply'd from All Parts of the World, that they may supply All th World Again.
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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.
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Pride, the first peer and president of Hell.
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In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.
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Wit, like the Belly, if it be not fed, Will starve the Members, and distract the Head.
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Self-destruction is the effect of cowardice in the highest extreme.
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Justice is always Violence to the Party offending, for every Man is Innocent in his own Eyes.
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Pleasure is a thief to business.
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Manchester, one of the greatest, if not really the greatest mere village in England.
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I had been tricked once by that Cheat called love, but the Game was over.
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He that Opposes his own Judgment against the Current of the Times, ought to be back'd with unanswerable Truths and he that has that Truth on his Side, is a Fool, as well as a Coward, if he is afraid to own it, because of the Currency or Multitude of other Mens Opinions.
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