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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 July 20, 2021July 20, 2021

“The direction in which education starts a man will determine his future life.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 428-348 BC

Posted on July 19, 2021July 19, 2021

“Whoever fights monsters should see to it that in the process he does not become a monster.”—Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, German philosopher, 1844-1900

Posted on July 18, 2021July 18, 2021

“Nothing is so commonplace as to wish to be remarkable.”—Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.; American jurist; 1841-1935

Posted on July 17, 2021July 17, 2021

“To think is to say no.”—Émile Chartier, French philosopher, 1868-1951

Posted on July 16, 2021July 16, 2021

“In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on July 14, 2021July 14, 2021

“If you don’t bring Paris with you, you won’t find it there.”—John M. Shanahan, American entrepreneur, 1928-2005

Posted on July 12, 2021

“As to diseases make a habit of two things—to help, or at least, to do no harm.”—Hippocrates, Greek physician, 460-370 BC

Posted on July 11, 2021July 11, 2021

“I have been a stranger in a strange land.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 496-406 BC

Posted on July 10, 2021July 10, 2021

“To me, old age is always fifteen years older than I am.”—Bernard Baruch, American financier, 1870-1965

Posted on July 9, 2021July 9, 2021

“A camel is a horse designed by a committee.”—Alec Issigonis, British automotive designer, 1906-1988

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