Daniel Defoe Quotes. James Wood, comp. 1899. Dictionary of Quotations

James Wood, comp. Dictionary of Quotations. 1899.

Daniel Defoe


A true-bred merchant is the best gentleman in the nation.	1
Apt to revolt, and willing to rebel, / And never are contented when they’re well.	2
It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep than a sheep at the head of an army of lions.	3
Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his own eyes.	4
We are very fond of some families because they can be traced beyond the Conquest, whereas indeed the farther back the worse, as being the nearer allied to a race of robbers and thieves.	5