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.

June 23, 2025

1 year ago

About one-fifth of the people are against everything all of the time.

September 28, 2025

1 year ago

The price one pays for pursuing any profession or calling is an intimate knowledge of its ugly side.

December 25, 2025

10 months ago

The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich as well as the poor to sleep under bridges, to beg in the streets, and to steal bread.

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