Great Throughts Treasury

This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.

Gaius Lucilius

Roman Satirist, Writer and Poet

"Nothing is enough for a fool, though all the world is his."

"Man is loved mainly because of two virtue: courage first, loyalty second."

"Ah, human cares! Ah, how much futility in the world! -O curas hominum! O quantum est in rebus inane!"