This site is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Alan William Smolowe who gave birth to the creation of this database.
If my resolution to be a great man was half so strong as it is to despise the shame of being a little one.
Will Durant, fully William James "Will" Durant
Philosophy is harmonized knowledge making a harmonious life; it is the self-discipline which lifts us to serenity and freedom. Knowledge is power, but only wisdom is liberty.
Cause | Civilization | Harmony | Hate | History | Men | Peace | Pessimism | Wisdom |
Will Durant, fully William James "Will" Durant
Other studies may tell us how man might behave, or how he should behave; history tells us how he has behaved for six thousand years. One who knows that record is in large measure protected in advance against the delusions and disillusionments of his time.
History |
Will Durant, fully William James "Will" Durant
Out of every hundred new ideas ninety-nine or more will probably be inferior to the traditional responses which they propose to replace. No one man, however brilliant or well-informed, can come in one lifetime to such fullness of understanding as to safely judge and dismiss the customs or institutions of his society, for those are the wisdom of generations after centuries of experiment in the laboratory of history.
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
Both gangs have been bad sports, so see if at least one can't redeem themselves by offering no alibis, but cooperate with the winner, for no matter which one it is the poor fellow is going to need it.
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
Money and women are the most sought after and the least known about of any two things we have.
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
Mona Lisa is the only beauty who went through history and retained her reputation.
Our knowledge is a receding mirage in an expanding desert of ignorance.
Willa Cather, fully Willa Sibert Cather
She had never known before how much the country meant to her. The chirping of the insects in the long grass had been like the sweetest music. She had felt as if her heart were hiding down there, somewhere, with the quail and the plover and all the little wild things that crooned or buzzed in the sun. Under the long shaggy ridges, she felt the future stirring.
Ideas |
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
We are the first nation to starve to death in a storehouse that's overfilled with everything we want.
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
Well I wish he could have read a so-called humorist's mail. Never did I have so much approving mail on one article, and not a half dozen dissenting ones, and they were from lawyers. Every layman approved. It batted about 98 per cent.
Distinction | History | World |
Will Rogers, fully William Penn Adair "Will" Rogers
There is good news from Washington today. Congress is deadlocked and can't act.