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.

March 28, 2025

9 months ago

A government is the only known vessel that leaks from the top.

July 2, 2025

6 months ago

Fame is a vapor; popularity is an accident; the only earthly certainty is oblivion.

May 31, 2025

7 months ago

[On Anthony Eden] He was not only a bore; he bored for England.

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