This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
Madame Dufresnoy, fully Madame Frederique Anne Dufresnoy
Wrinkles of the face may be successfully hidden by art; not so with the wrinkles of the heart.
Everyone suffers. But many do not take it to heart that the suffering comes as a punishment for transgressions, rather they consider it accidental. The proper attitude is that suffering is an atonement. With this realization a person appreciates that suffering in this world saves him suffering in the next.
Character | Heart | Punishment | Suffering | World |
Everett Dirksen, fully Everett McKinley Dirksen
The mind is no match with the heart in persuasion; constitutionality is no match with compassion.
Character | Compassion | Heart | Mind | Persuasion |
There are no elements so diverse that they cannot be joined in the heart of a man.
Only the heart without a stain knows perfect ease.
Since Time is not a person we can overtake when he is gone, let us honor him with mirth and cheerfulness of heart while he is passing.
It is a dangerous crisis, when a proud heart meets with flattering lips.
He is well along the road to perfect manhood who does not allow the thousand little worries of life to embitter his temper, or disturb his equanimity. An undivided heart which worships God alone, and trust him as it should, is raised above anxiety for earthly wants.
Anxiety | Anxiety | Character | Equanimity | God | Heart | Life | Life | Little | Temper | Trust | Wants | God |
Countless the various species of mankind; countless the shades which separate mind from mind.