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

Quote by Daniel Defoe

Topics: Innocence Quotes, Justice Quotes

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...

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...

He that is rich is wise.

He that is rich is wise.

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...

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil

Pride the first peer and president of hell.

Pride the first peer and president of hell.

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...

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,...

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.

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

Necessity makes an honest man a knave.

All men would be tyrants if they could.

All men would be tyrants if they could.

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.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

'Tis no sin to cheat the devil.

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

The innocent and the beautiful Have no enemy but time

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement:...

Innocence of heart and violence of feeling are necessary in any kind of superior achievement:...

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Innocence is always unsuspicious.

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought...

Nothing short of self-respect and that justice which is essential to a national character ought...