This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
We are each put on this earth to make a particular contribution to humanity... Although God, the Almighty, has a plan for every one of us, He gives us choices. It is our responsibility to make the best of those choices in order to achieve our ultimate purpose.
Character | Earth | God | Humanity | Order | Plan | Purpose | Purpose | Responsibility |
Sallust, full name Carus Valerius Sailustius Crispus NULL
No one ever became immortal through cowardice.
Pardon one offence, and you encourage the commission of many.
The height of all philosophy is to know thyself; and the end of this knowledge is to know God. Know thyself, that thou mayest know God; and know God, that thou mayest love him and be like him. In the one thou art initiated into wisdom; and in the other perfected in it.
Art | Character | God | Know thyself | Knowledge | Love | Philosophy | Wisdom | Art |
Temperance and labor are the two best physicians; the one sharpens the appetite - the other prevents indulgence to excess.
Appetite | Character | Excess | Indulgence | Labor |
Anger causes us often to condemn in one what we approve in another.
The strong man does not always ride the wave of success. The strong man is the one who can turn the misfortune of life into character; the one who is committed to the essential and not the superficial. He faces and overcomes inner challenges and depends not on outer acclaim.
Character | Life | Life | Man | Misfortune | Success | Misfortune |