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 28, 2025

1 year ago

We hope that the world will not narrow into a neighbourhood before it has broadened into a brotherhood.

March 8, 2025

1 year ago

A government needs one hundred soldiers for every guerrilla it faces.

November 28, 2025

8 months ago

Education makes a people easy to lead, but difficult to drive; easy to govern but impossible to enslave.

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