Great Throughts Treasury

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

Duc de Lévis, fully Pierre-Marc-Gaston de Lévis

French Soldier and Politician, Second Duke of Lévis

"The sweetest pleasures are those which do not exhaust hope."

"Boredom is a sickness the cure for which is work; pleasure is only a palliative."

"It is easier to judge a person's mental capacity by his questions than by his answers."