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 9, 2025

9 months ago

…it is a denial of the entire experience of the twentieth century

March 15, 2025

10 months ago

Men ought to pay a great deal more attention to substance and realities than to ceremonies.

July 5, 2025

6 months ago

There is but one way for a newspaperman to look at a politician, and that is down.

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