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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 6, 2021February 6, 2021

“One of the lessons of history is that nothing is often a good thing to do and always a clever thing to say.”—Will Durant, American historian, 1885-1981

Posted on February 5, 2021February 5, 2021

“Most people my age are dead.”—Casey Stengel, American baseball manager, 1890-1975

Posted on February 5, 2021February 26, 2023

“It is critical vision alone which can mitigate the unimpeded operation of the automatic.”—Marshall McLuhan, Canadian media theorist, 1911-1980

Posted on February 3, 2021

“To find yourself, think for yourself.”—Socrates, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on February 2, 2021

“No man is a hero to his valet.”—Anne-Marie Bigot de Cornuel, French salonnière, 1605-1694

Posted on January 31, 2021January 31, 2021

“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule—and both commonly succeed, and are right.”—H.L. Mencken, American satirist, 1880-1956

Posted on January 30, 2021January 30, 2021

“A learned fool is more foolish than an ignorant fool.”—Molière, French playwright, 1622-1673

Posted on January 29, 2021January 29, 2021

“Familiarity breeds contempt—and children.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on January 28, 2021January 28, 2021

“A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within.”—Will Durant, American historian, 1885-1981

Posted on January 27, 2021January 27, 2021

“America–a country where the young are always ready to give to those who are older than themselves the full benefit of their inexperience.”—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900

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