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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 24, 2025

“A coward dies a thousand times before his death, but the valiant taste of death but once.”—(“Julius Caesar”), William Shakespeare, English playwright, 1564-1616

Posted on May 9, 2025May 9, 2025

“Being contented has none of the glamour of a good fight against misfortune….Happiness is never grand.”—Aldous Huxley, English philosopher, 1894-1963

Posted on March 24, 2025

“The difference between bad speech and bad deeds is opportunity.”—Quintilian, Roman rhetorician, 1st century AD

Posted on March 22, 2025

“There is no benefit in the gifts of a bad man.”—Euripides, Greek dramatist, 481-407 BC

Posted on March 20, 2025

“Without knowing the force of words, it is impossible to know men.”—Confucius, Chinese philosopher, 551-479

Posted on March 13, 2025March 12, 2025

“No man is lonely while eating spaghetti—it requires so much attention.”—Christopher Morley, American journalist, 1890-1957

Posted on March 10, 2025

“Some of the world’s greatest feats were accomplished by people not smart enough to know they were impossible.”—Doug Larson, American columnist, 1928-2017

Posted on March 7, 2025March 7, 2025

“No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness, the good he seeks.”—Mary W. Shelley, English novelist, 1797-1851

Posted on March 2, 2025March 2, 2025

“I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.”—Wayne Gretzky, Canadian hockey player, 1961–

Posted on February 17, 2025February 17, 2025

“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.”—Helen Keller, American author, 1880-1968

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