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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 31, 2024July 31, 2024

“There is nothing new in the world except the history you do not know.”—Harry S. Truman, U.S. President, 1884-1972

Posted on July 24, 2024

“Once men are caught up in an event they cease to be afraid. Only the unknown frightens men.”—Antoine de St. Exupéry, French writer, 1900-1944

Posted on July 11, 2024July 11, 2024

“It is hard to free fools from the chains they revere.”—Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, 1694-1778

Posted on May 26, 2024May 26, 2024

“Scary stories make real life less scary.”—‘A Haunting in Venice’ (2023 film, based on ‘Halloween Party’ by Agatha Christie)

Posted on January 9, 2024January 8, 2024

“A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.”—Baltasar Gracian, Spanish philosopher, 1601-1658

Posted on January 2, 2024January 2, 2024

“Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.”—Marie Curie, Polish-French physicist & chemist, 1867-1934

Posted on December 27, 2023December 26, 2023

“For God’s sake give me the young man who has brains enough to make a fool of himself.”—Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, 1850-1894

Posted on December 26, 2023December 26, 2023

“He who lives without folly is not as wise as he thinks.”—Francois de La Rochefoucauld, French maxim writer, 1613-1680

Posted on December 14, 2023

“In God we trust. All others must bring data.”—Bernard Fisher, MD; American breast cancer surgeon & researcher; 1918-2019

Posted on November 26, 2023November 26, 2023

“The one way to get thin is to re-establish a purpose in life.”—Cyril Connolly, English literary critic, 1903-1974

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