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 1, 2025

7 months ago

The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance

April 23, 2025

8 months ago

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

January 29, 2025

11 months ago

Ordinary men usually manage public affairs better than more gifted fellows. The latter are always wanting to appear wiser than the laws,

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