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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 April 28, 2021April 28, 2021

“The basis of a democratic state is liberty.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher & polymath, 384-322 BC

Posted on April 21, 2021April 21, 2021

-“Imitation is the sincerest of flattery.”—Charles Colton, English writer, 1780-1832

Posted on April 20, 2021April 20, 2021

“He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good.”—Confucius, Chinese philosopher, 551-479 BC

Posted on April 19, 2021April 19, 2021

“Silence is a receptive space.”—Barbara De Angelis, American author, 1951-

Posted on April 16, 2021April 16, 2021

“It is not knowledge, but the act of learning; not possession, but the act of getting there, which grants the greatest enjoyment.”—Johann Gauss, German mathematician, 1777-1855

Posted on April 15, 2021April 15, 2021

“Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does.”—Jane Austen, British novelist, 1775-1817

Posted on April 14, 2021April 14, 2021

“To know that you do not know is the best. To pretend to know when you do not know is a disease.”—Lao-tsu, Chinese philosopher, 604-531 BC

Posted on April 13, 2021April 13, 2021

“I’m really a very good man; but I’m a very bad wizard.”—“The Wizard of Oz” by L. Frank Baum, American children’s author, 1856-1919

Posted on April 12, 2021

“It is unbecoming for young men to utter maxims.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher & polymath, 384-322 BC

Posted on April 10, 2021April 10, 2021

“The best vision is insight.”—Malcolm Forbes, American publisher, 1919-1990

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