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

Quote by Daniel Defoe

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He that is rich is wise.

He that is rich is wise.

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...

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

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.

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.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

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,...

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,...

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,...

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

The guilty one is not he who commits the sin, but the one who causes...

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors

Most people repent their sins by thanking God they ain't so wicked as their neighbors