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Proverbium Seniorum (Wisdom of the Elders)

Month: February 2016

Posted on February 27, 2016February 27, 2016

“In lapidary inscriptions a man is not upon oath.”—Samuel Johnson

Posted on February 26, 2016February 26, 2016

“Experience keeps a dear school, but fools will learn in no other.”—Benjamin Franklin

Posted on February 20, 2016February 20, 2016

“From fanaticism to barbarism is only one step.”—Denis Diderot

Posted on February 18, 2016February 18, 2016

“I call architecture ‘frozen music’.”—von Goethe

Posted on February 16, 2016February 16, 2016

“Nothing is more terrible than ignorance in action.”—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Posted on February 14, 2016February 14, 2016

“Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience.”—Leclerc deBuffon

Posted on February 12, 2016February 12, 2016

“There never was a good war or a bad peace.”—Benjamin Franklin

Posted on February 10, 2016February 10, 2016

“Ye shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you mad.”—Aldous Huxley

Posted on February 7, 2016February 7, 2016

“Wisdom outweighs any wealth.”—Sophocles

Posted on February 6, 2016February 7, 2016

“The body says what words cannot.”—Martha Graham

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