Great Throughts Treasury

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

Stupidity

"It was toffee; they were advertising toffee, a nursemaid told Rezia. Together they spell t...o...f..." - Virginia Woolf, nee Stephen, fully Adeline Virginia Woolf

"Few things are impossible in themselves; and it is for want of application, rather than of means, that men fail to succeed." - François de La Rochefoucauld, François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac, Francois A. F. Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

"If I cannot overwhelm with my quality, I will overwhelm with my quantity." - Emile Zola

"I was blown up while we were eating cheese." - Ernest Hemingway, fully Ernest Miller Hemingway

"What still concerns me the most is: am I on the right track, am I making progress, am I making mistakes in art?" -