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 8, 2025

11 months ago

Idealism increases in direct proportion to one’s distance from the problem.

June 25, 2025

8 months ago

Sometimes, when they say you’re ahead of your time, it’s just a polite way of saying you have a real bad sense of timing.

January 30, 2025

1 year ago

When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right.

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