Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Clifton Fadiman
American Critic, Lecturer, Radio Entertainer
"When you reread a classic you do not see more in the book that you did before; you see more in you than there was before."
"All children talk with integrity up to about the age of five, when they fall victim to the influences of the adult world and mass entertainment. It is then that they begin, all unconsciously, to become plausible actors. The product of this process is known as maturity, or you and me."
"When you travel, remember that a foreign country is not designed to make you comfortable. It is designed to make its own people comfortable."