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(Wisdom of the Elders) Blog of quotations, epigrams,& excerpts. COMMENT/DISCUSS: twitter.com/PSeniorum.

Month: November 2016

Posted on November 30, 2016November 30, 2016

“Force has no place where there is need of skill.”—Herodotus, Greek historian

Posted on November 29, 2016November 29, 2016

“He who is everywhere is nowhere.”—Seneca the Younger, Roman philosopher

Posted on November 28, 2016October 2, 2020

“For what a man would like to be true, that he more readily believes.”—Francis Bacon, English philosopher, 1561-1626

Posted on November 25, 2016November 25, 2016

“Big book, big bore.”—Callimachus, Greek critic, 305-240 BC

Posted on November 23, 2016November 23, 2016

“Fortune does not change men; it unmasks them.”—Suzanne Necker

Posted on November 22, 2016

“The unexamined life is not worth living.”—Socrates

Posted on November 21, 2016November 21, 2016

“Art is meant to disturb, science reassures.”—Georges Braque, French artist

Posted on November 20, 2016November 20, 2016

“Friends share all things.”—Pythagoras

Posted on November 19, 2016November 19, 2016

“Traveling is glamorous only in retrospect.”—Paul Theroux, American travel writer

Posted on November 18, 2016November 18, 2016

“What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?”—Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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