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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 May 10, 2022

“The more we elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate.”—J.B. Priestley, English novelist, 1894-1984

Posted on May 9, 2022May 9, 2022

“By all means marry. If you get a good wife you will become happy, and if you get a bad one you will become a philosopher.”—Socrates, Greek philosopher, c. 470–399 BC

Posted on May 7, 2022May 7, 2022

“Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.”—Alexander Pope, English poet, 1688-1744

Posted on May 7, 2022May 6, 2022

“I am ambitious. But if I weren’t as talented as I am ambitious I would be a gross monstrosity. I am not surprised by my success because it feels natural.”—Madonna (Madonna Louise Ciccone), American singer-songwriter & actress, 1958-

Posted on May 1, 2022May 1, 2022

“The money you got ain’t no better than how you spend it, man.”—Lyric from “Qualified,” by Dr. John (Malcolm John Rebennak, Jr.), American songwriter, 1941-2019

Posted on April 30, 2022

“You who seek an end of love—love will yield to busyness: be busy, and you will be safe.”—Publius Ovid, Roman poet, 43 BC–18 AD

Posted on April 21, 2022

“Do not panic.”—Douglas Adams (on the cover of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), British author, 1952-2001

Posted on April 20, 2022April 19, 2022

“There is nothing more silly than a silly laugh!”—Catullus, Latin poet, c.84-c.54 BC

Posted on April 19, 2022

“Coming together is a beginning, keeping together is progress, working together is success.”—Henry Ford, American industrialist, 1863-1947

Posted on April 13, 2022

“We carve out order by leaving the disorderly parts out.”—William James, Father of American Psychology, 1842-1910

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