Quotes by Defoe, Daniel

Pride the first peer and president of hell. >>

And of all plagues with which mankind are cursed, ecclesiastic tyranny >>

Middle age is youth without levity, and age without decay. >>

Quotations about Justice

Every offense is avenged on earth. >>

We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute >>

Sentences are like sharp nails, which force truth upon our memories. >>

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

Defoe, Daniel