Great Throughts Treasury

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

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Greek Bucolic Poet

"Arrogance is the obstruction of wisdom."

"A continual dripping, 'tis said, will wear a hollow in a stone."

"The end of a dissolute life is, most commonly, a desperate death."

"Though boys throw stones at frogs in sport, the frogs do not die in sport, but in earnest."