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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Thomas Adams

He that taught them all their tricks kept one to himself.

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Ernest Becker

Man transcends death by finding meaning in his life... It is the burning desire for the creature to count... What man really fears is not so much extinction, but extinction with insignificance.

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Character | Death | Desire | Insignificance | Life | Life | Man | Meaning |

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Henry Adams, aka Henry Brooks Adams

What one knows is, in youth, of little moment; they know enough who know how to learn.

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Character | Enough | Little | Youth |

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Eric Lewis, aka ELEW

Romance cannot be put into quantity production - the moment love becomes casual, it becomes commonplace.

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Character | Love | Romance |

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Bias NULL

It is better to decide between our enemies than our friends; for one of our friends will most likely become our enemy; but on the other hand, one of your enemies will probably become your friend.

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Better | Character | Enemy | Friend | Will | Friends |

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François Bourgoing

The aim and end of prayer is to revere, to recognize and to adore the sovereign majesty of God, through what he is in Himself rather than what he is in regard to us, and rather to love his goodness by the love of that goodness itself than for what it sends us.

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Character | God | Love | Prayer | Regard |

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Hugh Blair

Pride makes us esteem ourselves; vanity makes us desire the esteem of others.

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Character | Desire | Esteem | Pride |

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Arthur Brisbane

Regret for time wasted can become a power for good in the time that remains.

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Character | Good | Power | Regret | Time |

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Paul Brunton, born Hermann Hirsch, wrote under various pseudonyms including Brunton Paul, Raphael Meriden and Raphael Delmonte

There is only one Duty. It is to realize the divinity within... our most sacred life purpose, the most honored ground of existence, and everything else must be made to subserve it.

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Character | Divinity | Duty | Existence | Life | Life | Purpose | Purpose | Sacred |

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George Villiers 2nd Duke of Buckingham

All true love is founded on esteem.

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Character | Esteem | Love |

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Sarah T. Bolton, fully Sarah Tittle Barrett Bolton

The victory of success is half won when one gains the habit of work.

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Character | Habit | Success | Wisdom | Work |

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Christian Nestell Bovee

Hope is the best part of our riches. What sufficeth it that we have the wealth of the Indies in our pockets, if we have not the hope of heaven in our souls?

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Character | Heaven | Hope | Riches | Wealth |

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Jean de La Bruyère

We perceive when love begins and when it declines by our embarrassment when alone together.

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Character | Love |

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