Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men wo… - Daniel Defoe

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Nature has left this tincture in the blood,
That all men would be tyrants if they could.

Daniel Defoe

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Daniel Defoe (13 September 1660 - 24 April 1731), was an English writer, journalist and spy, who gained enduring fame for his novel Robinson Crusoe.

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Birth Name: Daniel Foe

Alternative Names: D. Defoe

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All men would be tyrants if they could.

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The best of men cannot suspend their fate:
The good die early, and the bad die late.

In a word, the nature and experience of things dictated to me, upon just reflection, that all the good things of this world are no farther good to us than they are for our use; and that, whatever we may heap up to give others, we enjoy just as much as we can use, and no more.

For Englishmen are ne'er contented long.

Nature has left this tincture in the blood, That all men would be tyrants if they could. - Daniel Defoe

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