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The Daily Extract™/Proverbium Seniorum™ is a Commonplace Book in the form of a Blog of Quotations, Epigrams, and Excerpts. It can be found at https://proverbiumseniorum.blog/ Engraving: “Odin in the guise of a wanderer," 1886, Georg von Rosen (1843-1923)

Posted on November 19, 2022November 19, 2022

“There are people who so arrange their lives that they feed themselves only on side dishes.”—José Ortega y Gasset, Spanish philosopher, 1883-1955

Posted on November 18, 2022November 17, 2022

“He who loves the world as his body may be entrusted with the empire.”—Lao-tzu, Chinese philosopher, 604-531 BC

Posted on November 16, 2022November 15, 2022

“One’s prime is elusive.”—Muriel Spark, Scottish novelist, 1918-2006

Posted on November 14, 2022November 14, 2022

“Gossip is news running ahead of itself in a red satin dress.”—Liz Smith, American gossip columnist, 1923-2017

Posted on November 13, 2022

“Reality is the leading cause of stress for those in touch with it.”—Jane Wagner, American writer, 1935–

Posted on November 4, 2022November 4, 2022

“If a thing is old, it is a sign that it is fit to live. The guarantee of continuity is quality.”—Edward Rickenbacker, American fighter pilot, 1890-1973

Posted on October 26, 2022October 25, 2022

“Every man is the architect of his own fortune.”—Sallust, Roman historian, 86 BC–c.35 BC

Posted on October 23, 2022

“The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you are learning you’re not old.”—Rosalyn Sussman Yalow, U.S. Nobel laureate medical physicist, 1921-2011

Posted on October 22, 2022October 22, 2022

“I am amazed that anyone who has made a fortune should send for his friends.”—Aristophanes, Greek playwright, 446-386 BC

Posted on October 19, 2022October 19, 2022

“While grief is fresh, every attempt to divert it only irritates.”—Dr. Samuel Johnson, English essayist, 1709-1784

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