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.

October 26, 2025

4 months ago

Many a man has decided to stay alive not because of the will to live

February 23, 2025

12 months ago

One of the greatest pieces of good fortune a man can have is the chance to make something he has done in his own

June 22, 2025

8 months ago

A young man who isn’t a Socialist hasn’t got a heart; an old man who is a Socialist hasn’t got a head.

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