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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. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#better #head #lion #lions #sheep

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

— Daniel Defoe

#appeared #our #spring #thankfulness #want

History is only the register of crimes and misfortunes. ↗

— Voltaire

#history #misfortunes #only #register

All men would be tyrants if they could. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#men #tyrants #would

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

— Daniel Defoe

#evil #poverty #root #snares #worst

I have often thought of it as one of the most barbarous customs in the world, considering us as a civilized and a Christian country, that we deny the advantages of learning to women. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#barbarous #christian #civilized #considering #country

Vengeance is not the point; change is. But the trouble is that in most people's minds the thought of victory and the thought of punishing the enemy coincide. ↗

— Barbara Deming

#coincide #enemy #minds #most #people

There are notes between notes, you know. ↗

— Sarah Vaughan

#know #notes #you

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

— Daniel Defoe

#every #every man #eyes #his #innocent

He that is rich is wise. ↗

— Daniel Defoe

#wise