Great Throughts Treasury

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

Pierre Nicole

French Essayist, Teacher and Jansenist

"A truth which one has never heard causes the soul surprise at first, which touches it keenly; but when it is accustomed to it, it becomes very insensible there."

"We need a reason to speak, but none to keep silent."

"When we hide our failings from others, we seek to hide them from ourselves, and it is in the latter attempt that we are most successful."