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 25, 2025

1 year ago

History teaches us that men and nations behave wisely once they have exhausted all other alternatives.

January 2, 2025

2 years ago

Politicians, like prostitutes, are held in contempt. But what man does not run to them when they need their services?

October 30, 2025

11 months ago

Politics, as a practice, whatever its professions, has always been the systematic organization of hatreds.

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