Great Throughts Treasury

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

Sadness

"She told me later that she had made a kind of note of me in her mind, as, scanning the shelf for a particular book, one will sometimes have one's attention caught by another, take it down, glance at the title page and saying I must read that, too, when I've the time, replace it and continue the search." - Evelyn Waugh, fully Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh

"That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down." - Evelyn Waugh, fully Evelyn Arthur St. John Waugh