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.

August 14, 2025

12 months ago

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

June 30, 2025

1 year ago

No government has ever been, or can ever be, wherein time-servers and blockheads will not be uppermost.

July 30, 2025

12 months ago

People come to Washington believing it’s the center of power.

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