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 11, 2025

1 year ago

He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything.

November 1, 2025

9 months ago

In the life of any government, however safe its majority, there comes a moment when the social movements

September 14, 2025

11 months ago

The organization of American society is an interlocking system of semi-monopolies notoriously venal

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