Quotes Library

April 27, 2025

A decent provision for the poor, is the true test of civilization.

Samuel Johnson (1709-1784), English poet, critic, lexicographer, in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson (1791) 1770, Jay p.197

Do the poor inspire compassion, or are they just annoying? Shiftless scammers?

Johnson puts it well, and simply so.

September 21, 2025

10 months ago

Tyranny is always better organized than freedom.

August 14, 2025

12 months ago

[Notice kept on his desk while working on his biography of Lord Mountbatten] Remember.

July 25, 2025

1 year ago

In a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy.

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