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Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination. — Daniel Defoe

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Vice came in always at the door of necessity, not at the door of inclination.

Daniel Defoe
Moll Flanders · 1722
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Topic
ViceMoral theoryMorality
Statement type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Medium
Novel
Time
1722
Person
Daniel Defoe
Provenance
Current citation
Defoe, Daniel. Moll Flanders: A Norton Critical Edition, edited by Albert J. Rivero. W.W. Norton & Company, 2003.
Original citation
Defoe, Daniel, [published anonymously]. Moll Flanders. London: William Rufus Chetwood, 1722.

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