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.

Quote by Daniel Defoe

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All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness...

All our discontents about what we want appeared to spring from the want of thankfulness...

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

All men would be tyrants if they could.

All men would be tyrants if they could.

The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad...

The best of men cannot suspend their fate: The good die early, and the bad...

Pride the first peer and president of hell.

Pride the first peer and president of hell.

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished,...

The soul is placed in the body like a rough diamond, and must be polished,...

Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if...

Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if...

He that is rich is wise.

He that is rich is wise.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil

Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there; And...

Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The Devil always builds a chapel there; And...

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the...

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the...

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.

An Englishman will fairly drink as much As will maintain two families of Dutch.

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

It is better to have a lion at the head of an army of sheep,...

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

Justice is always violent to the party offending, for every man is innocent in his...

In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.

In trouble to be troubled, Is to have your trouble doubled.

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all...

As covetousness is the root of all evil, so poverty is the worst of all...

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.