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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 January 1, 2021January 1, 2021

“The nature of men is always the same; it is their habits that separate them.”—Confucius, Chinese philosopher, 551-479 BC

Posted on December 30, 2020December 30, 2020

“The ‘control of nature’ is a phrase conceived in arrogance, born of the Neanderthal age of biology and the convenience of man.”—Rachel Carson, American biologist & author, 1907-1964

Posted on December 29, 2020December 30, 2020

“Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.”—John F. Kennedy, U.S. President, 1917-1963

Posted on December 28, 2020

“Few people know how to be old.”—François de La Rochefoucauld, French maximist, 1613-1680

Posted on December 27, 2020

“Write how you want, the critic shall show the world you could have written better.”—Oliver Goldsmith, Irish playwright, 1730-1774

Posted on December 26, 2020

“Things have their laws as well as men; things refuse to be trifled with.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson, American philosopher & poet, 1803-1882

Posted on December 25, 2020

“There is no great genius without tincture of madness.”—Seneca the Younger, Roman satirist, c. 4 BC-65 AD

Posted on December 23, 2020

“Everything comes to him who hustles while he waits.”—Thomas A. Edison, American inventor, 1847-1931

Posted on December 22, 2020

“A conference is a gathering of important people who singly can do nothing, but together can decide that nothing can be done.”—Fred Allen, American comedian, 1894-1956

Posted on December 21, 2020December 21, 2020

“Punctuality is the thief of time.”—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900

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