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.

April 4, 2025

11 months ago

To criticize one’s country is to do it a service…Criticism, in short, is more than a right

August 23, 2025

6 months ago

To think contrary to one’s era is heroism. But to speak against it is madness.

November 22, 2025

3 months ago

Liberty is so much latitude as the powerful choose to accord to the weak.

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