Critic

Defoe says that there were a hundred thousand country fellows in his time ready to fight to the death against popery, without knowing whether popery was a man or a horse.

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.

There is nothing good to be had in the country, or if there is, they will not let you have it.

We are not hypocrites in our sleep.

To give a reason for anything is to breed a doubt of it.

Rasa sakit terkecil di jari kelingking kita memberi kita lebih banyak perhatian daripada kehancuran jutaan sesama manusia.

Tidak ada yang lebih mungkin membuat orang gila, selain ketidakmampuan untuk menyingkirkan gagasan tentang perbedaan antara benar dan salah, dan preferensi konstitusional yang keras kepala dari yang benar ke yang menyenangkan.

The way to get on in the world is to be neither more nor less wise, neither better nor worse than your neighbours.

Reflection makes men cowards.

Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part.

The seat of knowledge is in the head; of wisdom, in the heart. We are sure to judge wrong, if we do not feel right.

Prasangka adalah turunan dari kebodohan.

Love turns, with a little indulgence, to indifference or disgust; hatred alone is immortal.

Rules and models destroy genius and art.

Dandyism is a variety of genius.

Untuk menjadi bahagia, kita harus setia pada alam, dan membawa usia kita bersama kita.

The mind of man is like a clock that is always running down, and requires to be constantly wound up.

Kita harus bertindak berlebihan dalam beberapa hal, untuk menghasilkan efek apa pun.

The world judge of men by their ability in their profession, and we judge of ourselves by the same test: for it is on that on which our success in life depends.

The humblest painter is a true scholar; and the best of scholars the scholar of nature.