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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Francis Quarles

To bear adversity with an equal mind is both the sign and glory of a brave spirit.

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Winfred Rhoades, fully Winfred Chesney Rhoades

Not the state of the body but the state of mind and soul is the measure of the well-being of each of us.

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Gabriel Riesser

May those who represent advanced views bear in mind that true wisdom is always joined with mildness, that malice never converts the erring but strengthens him in his attitude, and that it is very unfitting to combat error (so long as this does not assume the aspect of injustice) with the weapons of hatred.

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Character | Error | Malice | Mind | Weapons | Wisdom |

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Francis Quarles

A fool's heart is in his tongue; but a wise man's tongue is in his heart.

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Character | Heart | Man | Wise |

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Madame Roland, Jeanne Manon Philon, born Marie-Jeanne Phlipon

The feeble tremble before opinion, the foolish defy it, the wise judge it, the skilled direct it.

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Character | Opinion | Wise |

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Philippe Quinault

It is not wise to be wiser than is necessary.

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William Slim, 1st Viscount Slim, fully Field Marshal Sir William Joseph "Bill" Slim

When you cannot make up your mind which of two evenly balanced courses of action you should take - choose the bolder.

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Action | Character | Mind |

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Charles Simmons

A wise man knows his own ignorance; a fool thinks he knows everything.

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Character | Ignorance | Man | Wise |

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Shantananda Saraswathi, fully Swami Shantananda Saraswathi, born Chandrashekar

Freedom is spiritual. Divinity is the expression of integrity... Mind cannot find fun anywhere but God.

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Character | Divinity | Freedom | Fun | God | Integrity | Mind |

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William Secker

He enjoys much who is thankful for little; a grateful mind is both a great and happy mind.

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Character | Happy | Little | Mind |

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Sayings of the Fathers (Pirkei Avot or Pirqe Aboth) NULL

I grew up among wise man and found that there is nothing better for man than silence. Knowledge is not the main thing, but deeds.

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Better | Character | Deeds | Knowledge | Man | Nothing | Silence | Wise |

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Lydia Sigourney, fully Lydia Huntley Sigourney, née Lydia Howard Huntley

Self-control is promoted by humility. Pride is a fruitful source of uneasiness. It keeps the mind in disquiet. Humility is the antidote to this evil.

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Character | Control | Evil | Humility | Mind | Pride | Self | Self-control |

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