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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 February 24, 2022February 23, 2022

“Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes.”—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900

Posted on February 19, 2022February 19, 2022

“When you look at the stars and the galaxy, you feel that you are not just from any particular piece of land, but from the solar system.”—Kalpana Chawla, first Indian-born U.S. woman to fly in space, 1962-2003 (Columbia Shuttle crew)

Posted on February 17, 2022

“Fat is a feminist issue.”—Susie Orbach, British psychotherapist, 1946-

Posted on February 14, 2022

“An expert is someone who tells you why you can’t do something.”—Alec Issigonis, British automobile designer, 1906-1988

Posted on February 10, 2022

“If I die, I forgive you. If I recover, we will see.”—Spanish proverb

Posted on February 7, 2022

“I was looking down at all that machinery and equipment and rockets and things under me, and I thought, ‘Just think—all that power was assembled by the lowest bidder.'”—Wally Schirra, American astronaut, 1923-2007

Posted on February 2, 2022February 2, 2022

“One of the delights known to age, and beyond the grasp of youth, is that of Not Going.”—J.B. Priestley, English novelist, 1894-1984

Posted on January 31, 2022

“These success encourages: they can because they think they can.”—Virgil, Roman poet, 70-19 BC

Posted on January 31, 2022January 30, 2022

“Pay attention to your enemies, for they are the first to discover your mistakes.”—Antisthenes, Greek philosopher, 445-365 BC

Posted on January 29, 2022January 29, 2022

“Advertising may be described as the science of arresting human intelligence long enough to get money from it.”—Stephen Leacock, Canadian humorist, 1869-1944

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