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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 17, 2021February 17, 2021

“Education is a progressive discovery of our ignorance.”—Will Durant, American historian, 1885-1981

Posted on February 17, 2021February 16, 2021

“It’s the last suitor that wins the maid.”—Irish proverb

Posted on February 16, 2021

“If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans.”—Woody Allen, American director, 1935-

Posted on February 15, 2021February 15, 2021

“Americans are like a rich father who wishes he knew how to give his son the hardships that made him rich.”—Robert Frost, American poet, 1874-1963

Posted on February 14, 2021February 14, 2021

“He who thinks himself wise, is a great fool.”—Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, 1694-1778

Posted on February 13, 2021September 23, 2022

“She ran the whole gamut of emotions, from A to B.”—Dorothy Parker, American poet, 1893-1967

Posted on February 12, 2021February 11, 2021

“We can’t solve problems by using the same kind of thinking we used when we created them.”—Albert Einstein, American German-born theoretical physicist, 1879-1955

Posted on February 11, 2021February 11, 2021

“The very ink which history is written is merely fluid prejudice.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on February 10, 2021February 10, 2021

“Consistency requires you to be as ignorant today as you were a year ago.”—Bernard Berenson, American art historian, 1865-1959

Posted on February 9, 2021February 9, 2021

“Why do they put the Gideon Bibles only in the bedrooms, where it’s usually too late, and not in the barroom downstairs?”—Christopher Morley, American journalist, 1890-1957

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