Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Ibn Rahel
Medieval Christian Chronicler, Lived in Egypt
"The less tenderness a man has in his nature, the more he requires from others."
"In a sound sleep the soul goes home to recruit her strength, which could not else endure the wear and tear of life."
"A straight line is shortest in morals as well as in geometry."
"To have freedom is only to have that which is absolutely necessary to enable us to be what we ought to be, and to possess what we ought to possess."