What did Daniel Defoe mean by: And of all plagues with which mankind are curst, Ecclesiastic tyranny’s the worst. Daniel Defoe Writer · England Copy
+ Friends are good,–good, if well chosen. Author, August 31, 2023January 2, 2025, Daniel Defoe, Choice, Friendship, Relationships, 0 Daniel Defoe Writer · England
Actions receive their tincture from the times, And as they change are virtues made or crimes Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, Daniel Defoe, Ethics, Times, Virtue, 0 Daniel Defoe Writer · England
Things as certain as death and taxes, can be more firmly believed. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, Daniel Defoe, Belief, Certainty, Inevitability, 0 Daniel Defoe Writer · England
+ How strange a checker-work of Providence is the life of man! Author, July 18, 2023January 2, 2025, Daniel Defoe, Life, Providence, Strangeness, 0 Daniel Defoe Writer · England
+ It is never too late to be wise. Author, April 1, 2023December 25, 2024, Daniel Defoe, Regret, Time, Wisdom, 0 Daniel Defoe Writer · England
Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, Daniel Defoe, Inclination, Necessity, Vice, 0 Daniel Defoe Writer · England
The best of men cannot suspend their fate; The good die early, and the bad die late. Author, January 4, 2024January 6, 2025, Daniel Defoe, Fate, Life, Morality, 0 Daniel Defoe Writer · England
+ Expect nothing and you’ll always be surprised Author, August 24, 2023January 2, 2025, Daniel Defoe, Expectations, Outlook, Surprises, 0 Daniel Defoe Writer · England
Tyranny and anarchy are alike incompatible with freedom, security, and the enjoyment of opportunity. Jeane Kirkpatrick Political scientist and diplomat
The road to tyranny, we must never forget, begins with the destruction of the truth. William J. Clinton Politician · USA
Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth. Read explanation François de La Rochefoucauld Writer · France
There are three things in the world that deserve no mercy, hypocrisy, fraud, and tyranny. Frederick William Robertson Clergyman · Scotland
