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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 February 26, 2021February 26, 2021

“Don’t sell America short.”—J.P. Morgan, American financier, 1837-1913

Posted on February 25, 2021February 25, 2021

“The new broom sweeps the house best.”—Irish proverb

Posted on February 25, 2021February 24, 2021

“One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.”—William Whiting, English poet, 1825-1878

Posted on February 23, 2021February 23, 2021

“Every man is his own doctor of divinity, in the last resort.”—Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish novelist, 1850-1894

Posted on February 22, 2021February 22, 2021

“Endurance is frequently a form of indecision.”—Princess Elizabeth Bibesco, English writer, 1897-1945

Posted on February 21, 2021

“War is delightful to those who have had no experience with it.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on February 20, 2021February 20, 2021

“We can choose to throw stones, to stumble on them, to climb over them, or to build with them.”—William Arthur Ward, American writer, 1921-1994

Posted on February 19, 2021February 21, 2021

“If I’d known I was going to live this long, I’d have taken better care of myself.”—Eubie Blake, American pianist & composer, 1887-1983

Posted on February 18, 2021February 20, 2021

“Silence hides nothing. Words conceal.”—August Strindberg, Swedish author, 1849-1912

Posted on February 18, 2021February 17, 2021

“All the flower children were as alike as a congress of accountants and about as interesting.”—John Mortimer, English author, 1923-2009

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