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.

Society

More Quotes

September 17, 2025
September 17, 2025
Freedom & Justice
The truth which makes men free is for the most part the truth which men prefer not to hear.
April 20, 2025
April 20, 2025
Governance
The secret of the demagogue is to make himself as stupid as his audience so that they believe they are as clever as he.
March 10, 2025
March 10, 2025
Society
Every economic system, whether Capitalist or Socialist, degenerates into a system of privilege and exploitation unless it is policed by a social morality
1…1011121314…123
Page 12 of 123