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.

May 1, 2025

10 months ago

Capitalism, as an institutional arrangement, has been singularly devoid of plausible myths.

May 14, 2025

10 months ago

Human beings are perhaps never more frightening than when they are convinced beyond doubt that they are right.

November 6, 2025

4 months ago

Nothing in politics is ever as good or as bad as it first appears.

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