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Proverbium Seniorum — Quotations, Excerpts, & Epigrams

(Wisdom of the Elders)

Month: October 2017

Posted on October 31, 2017October 31, 2017

“When you have nothing to say, say nothing.”—Charles Colton, English writer, 1780-1832

Posted on October 29, 2017

“A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say.”—Michael Winner, English film director, 1935-2013

Posted on October 29, 2017October 29, 2017

“Painting is silent poetry, and poetry is painting that speaks.”—Simonides of Ceos, Greek lyric poet, 556-468 BC

Posted on October 25, 2017October 25, 2017

“It’s not as one supposes things are.”—Irish proverb

Posted on October 14, 2017October 14, 2017

“I’ve spent my life fighting the Germans and the politicians. It is much easier to fight the Germans.”—Bernard Montgomery, British Field Marshall, 1887-1976

Posted on October 13, 2017October 13, 2017

“If a scientist were to cut his ear off, no one would take it as evidence of a heightened sensibility.”—Sir Peter Medawar, British biologist Nobel Laureate, 1915-1987

Posted on October 12, 2017October 12, 2017

“To achieve great things, we must live as though we were never going to die.”—Luc de Clapiers, French essayist, 1715-1747

Posted on October 9, 2017October 9, 2017

“Nobody loves life like him who is growing old.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 5th century BC

Posted on October 7, 2017October 7, 2017

“A traveller with empty pockets can whistle in a robber’s face.”—Juvenal, Roman poet, 1st-2nd century AD

Posted on October 5, 2017October 6, 2017

“When the tyrant has disposed of foreign enemies by conquest or treaty, and there is nothing to fear from them, then he is always stirring up some war or other, in order that the people may require a leader.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 427-347 BC

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