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” ‘Classic.’ A book which people praise and don’t read.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

September 18, 2021September 18, 2021

“What is a friend? Another I.”—Zeno of Elea, Greek philosopher, c. 495–c. 430 BC

September 17, 2021September 17, 2021

“Slump? I ain’t in no slump. I just ain’t hitting.”—Lawrence Peter (“Yogi”) Berra, American professional baseball catcher, 1925-2015

September 16, 2021September 15, 2021

“A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early; he arrives precisely when he means to!”—Gandalf in ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’/J.R.R. Tolkien, English fantasy novelist, 1892-1973; et al.

Author: Proverbium Seniorum™

“No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.”—Aesop, Greek fabulist, 620-564 BC

” ‘Classic.’ A book which people praise and don’t read.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

“What is a friend? Another I.”—Zeno of Elea, Greek philosopher, c. 495–c. 430 BC

“Slump? I ain’t in no slump. I just ain’t hitting.”—Lawrence Peter (“Yogi”) Berra, American professional baseball catcher, 1925-2015

“We can learn even from our enemies.”—Publius Ovid, Roman poet, 43 BC to 18 AD

“A critic ought now and then to hesitate.”—Irving Howe, American literary critic, 1920-1993

“Those who can sin in secret do so more quickly.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

“A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early; he arrives precisely when he means to!”—Gandalf in ‘The Fellowship of the Ring’/J.R.R. Tolkien, English fantasy novelist, 1892-1973; et al.