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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 December 25, 2021

“What shall I do in the city? I don’t know how to lie.”—Decimus Juvenal, Roman poet, 1st-2nd centuries, AD

Posted on December 23, 2021

“Say little and say it well.”—Irish Proverb

Posted on December 22, 2021

“There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.”—Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw), American humorist, 1818-1885

Posted on December 15, 2021

“To burn always with this hard gem-like flame, to maintain this ecstasy, is success in life.”—Walter Pater, English essayist, 1839-1894

Posted on December 14, 2021December 14, 2021

“Art is revolt against fate.”—André Malraux, French art theorist, 1901-1976

Posted on December 12, 2021December 12, 2021

“We appreciate frankness from those who like us. Frankness from others is called insolence.”—André Maurois, French author, 1885-1967

Posted on December 11, 2021

“Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.”—Satchel Paige, Major League Baseball pitcher, 1906-1982

Posted on December 10, 2021

“Know yourself. Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.”—Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer), American advice columnist, 1918-2002

Posted on December 8, 2021December 8, 2021

“It is better to die on your feet than live on your knees!”—Dolores Ibarruri, Spanish communist politician, 1895-1989

Posted on December 8, 2021December 7, 2021

“You can’t depend on your judgment when your imagination is out of focus.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

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