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 6, 2025

9 months ago

In the end we are all sacked and it’s always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life.

June 25, 2025

6 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 2, 2025

12 months ago

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

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