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Proverbium Seniorum — Quotations that have aged well

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Month: July 2017

Posted on July 31, 2017July 31, 2017

” He who has begun has half done. Dare to be wise: Begin! ” — Horace, Roman lyric poet, 1st century, BC

Posted on July 30, 2017July 30, 2017

“Some weasel took the cork out of my lunch.”—W.C. Fields, American comedian, 1880-1946

Posted on July 26, 2017July 26, 2017

“Never reach out your hand further than you can withdraw it.”—Irish proverb

Posted on July 24, 2017July 24, 2017

“The least initial deviation from the truth is multiplied later a thousandfold.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on July 23, 2017July 23, 2017

“Good judgment comes from experience, which comes from bad judgment.”—Barry LePatner, construction industry expert

Posted on July 23, 2017

“No lot is altogether happy.”—Horace, Roman lyric poet, 1st century BC

Posted on July 21, 2017July 21, 2017

“Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunken Christian.”—Herman Melville, American novelist, 1819-1891

Posted on July 19, 2017July 19, 2017

“The hours we pass with happy prospects in view are more pleasing than those crowded with fruition.”—Oliver Goldsmith, Irish playwright, 1730-1774

Posted on July 18, 2017July 18, 2017

“The length of a meeting rises with the square of the number of people present.”—Eileen Shanahan, NY Times reporter, 1924-2001

Posted on July 17, 2017July 17, 2017

“Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.”—Igor Stravinsky, Russian-American composer, 1882-1971

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