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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 May 16, 2021May 16, 2021

“The further a society drifts from the truth the more it will hate those that speak it.”—George Orwell, English novelist, 1903-1950

Posted on May 15, 2021May 15, 2021

“All right everyone, line up alphabetically, accordingly to your height.”—Casey Stengel, American baseball manager, 1890-1975

Posted on May 14, 2021May 14, 2021

“Evils draw men together.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher & polymath, 384-322 BC

Posted on May 11, 2021

“What does not destroy me, makes me strong.”—Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, German philosopher, 1844-1900

Posted on May 10, 2021May 10, 2021

“Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth.”—Franklin D. Roosevelt, US President, 1882-1945

Posted on May 9, 2021

“We are the slaves of objects around us.”—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, German writer, 1749-1834

Posted on May 8, 2021

“The great goal of life is not knowledge but action.”—Thomas Huxley, English biologist, 1825-1895

Posted on May 6, 2021

“Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.”—Mae West, 1893-1980

Posted on May 1, 2021May 1, 2021

“No one respects a talent that is concealed.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on April 29, 2021April 29, 2021

“The greater the ignorance the greater the dogmatism.”—Sir William Osler, Medical educator, 1849-1919

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