"Great families of yesterday we show, And lords,……" — Daniel Defoe
"Great families of yesterday we show, And lords, whose parents were the Lord knows who."
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63 Quotes by Daniel Defoe
Daniel Defoe has 63 quotes on this site.
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Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.
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And of all plagues with which mankind are curst, Ecclesiastic tyranny's the worst.
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Necessity makes an honest man a knave.
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Pride, the first peer and president of Hell.
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The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late.
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Call upon me in the Day of Trouble, and I will deliver, and thou shalt glorify me...Wait on the Lord,…
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All men would be tyrants if they could.
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In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.
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As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all snares.
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Now, said I aloud, My dear Father's Words are come to pass: God's Justice has overtaken me, and I have…
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As I had once done thus in my breaking away from my Parents, so I could not be content now,…
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No shoots, says Friday, no yet, me shoot now, me no kill; me stay, give you one more laugh.
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My parents were divorced when I was a young teenager, and I was raised by a single mother after that.…
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I've decided to run for the U.S. Senate because I believe Wisconsin families need a senator who will work hard…
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To be selected was an honor, and in respect of the family member chosen to run, families held feasts and…
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When others stood idly by, you and your families gave your all, in defence of a risen people and in…
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Mothers - especially single mothers - are heroic in their efforts to raise our nation's children, but men must also…
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We lived, until I was 12 or so, in communal apartment with five different families and the same kitchen, in…
— Mikhail Baryshnikov
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Beyond politics, the West is suffering from what can be called a crisis of brokenness - broken institutions, broken families…
— Gary Bauer
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Obviously, marriage is not a synonym for morality. But stable marriages and families do encourage moral behavior.
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Having robbed children of any sense that their Father is in Heaven and that they are His creation, we then…
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Republican values - strong families, faith, personal responsibility and freedom, among others - are not unique to specific subsets of…
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America used to have a strong 'moral safety net' for its people. Today that net is badly frayed, not only…
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Married couples who work together to build and maintain a business assume broad responsibilities. Not only is their work important…
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