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Proverbium Seniorum — Epigrams, Excerpts, and Quotations

(Wisdom of the Elders)

Posted on March 4, 2021March 4, 2021

“Eighty percent of success is showing up.”—Woody Allen, American director, 1935-

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“No man ever wore a cravat as nice as his own child’s arm around his neck.”—Irish proverb

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“Language is the archives of history.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher & poet, 1803-1882

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“The ‘Miss Lonelyhearts’ are the priests of Twentieth-Century America.”—Nathanael West, American author, 1903-1940

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“Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness.”—John Ruskin, English polymath, 1819-1900

Posted on February 27, 2021February 27, 2021

“History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.”—Will Durant, American historian, 1885-1981

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“Don’t sell America short.”—J.P. Morgan, American financier, 1837-1913

Posted on February 25, 2021February 25, 2021

“The new broom sweeps the house best.”—Irish proverb

Posted on February 25, 2021February 24, 2021

“One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.”—William Whiting, English poet, 1825-1878

Posted on February 23, 2021February 23, 2021

“Every man is his own doctor of divinity, in the last resort.”—Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, 1850-1894

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