Great Throughts Treasury
This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Lord Dunsany, fully Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett, 18th Baron of Dunsany
Ango-Irish Dramatist, Storyteller, Playwright, Dramatist and Writer
"Man knows his littleness; his own mountains remind him; but the dreams of man make up for our faults and failings; for the brevity of our lives, for the narrowness of our scope; they leap over boundaries and are away and away."
"A man is a very small thing, and the night is very large and full of wonders."
"Logic, like whiskey, loses its beneficial effect when taken in too large quantities."