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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 January 22, 2022January 21, 2022

“Miss not the discourse of the elders.”—Apocrypha

Posted on January 20, 2022

“Take the tone of the company that you are in.”—Lord Chesterfield, British statesman, 1694-1773

Posted on January 17, 2022January 17, 2022

“If A is a success in life, then A equals x plus y plus z. Work is x; y is play; and z is keeping your mouth shut.”—Albert Einstein, German-born American theoretical physicist, 1879-1955

Posted on January 11, 2022January 11, 2022

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”—Winston Churchill, UK Prime Minister, 1874-1965

Posted on January 8, 2022

“The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult.”—Marie de Deffand, French marquise, 1696-1780 (This was her remark on St. Denis’s miraculous walk of two miles with his head in his hands.)

Posted on January 7, 2022January 7, 2022

“God is in the details.”—Mies van der Rohe, German-American architect, 1886-1969

Posted on January 5, 2022

“I may be sick and I may seem dumb. That don’t mean you know where I’m coming from.”—Lyric from “Qualified”, by Dr. John (Malcolm John Rebennack, Jr.), American songwriter, 1941-2019

Posted on December 31, 2021

“Let us be thankful for the fools. But for them the rest of us could not succeed.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on December 30, 2021December 30, 2021

“Anywhere is the center of the world.”—Black Elk, Native American holy man, 1863-1950 AD

Posted on December 26, 2021December 26, 2021

“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”—Gustave Flaubert, French novelist, 1821-1880

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