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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 22, 2022May 22, 2022

“I never seen a winner that didn’t bet.”—Commander Cody (George Frayne, 1944-2021) and His Lost Planet Airmen; American country rock band

Posted on May 20, 2022May 20, 2022

“What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on May 18, 2022

“The first sense of mutual love excludes other feelings; it will have the soul all to itself.”—George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), English novelist, 1819-1880

Posted on May 15, 2022May 14, 2022

“I’m not offended by all the dumb-blonde jokes because I know that I’m not dumb. I also know I’m not blonde.”—Dolly Parton, American singer-songwriter, 1946-

Posted on May 12, 2022

“I have dieted continuously for the last two decades and lost a total of seven hundred and fifty-eight pounds. By all calculations, I should be hanging from a charm bracelet.”—Erma Bombeck, American humorist, 1927-1996

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

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