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 23, 2025

2 years ago

If you can talk brilliantly about a problem, it can create the consoling illusion that it has been mastered.

August 3, 2025

1 year ago

The ultimate result of shielding men from the effects of folly, is to fill the world with fools.

September 12, 2025

1 year ago

If men are to respect each other for what they are, they must cease to respect each other for what they own.

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