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.

February 15, 2025

10 months ago

All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavor to find out what you don’t know by what you do;

February 20, 2025

10 months ago

You don’t tell deliberate lies, but sometime you have to be evasive.

January 20, 2025

11 months ago

The key to building a superstar is to keep their mouth shut. To reveal an artist to the people can be to destroy him.

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