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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 November 20, 2020

“Fortunately [psycho]analysis is not the only way to resolve inner conflicts. Life itself still remains a very effective therapist.”—Karen Horney, German psychoanalyst, 1885-1952

Posted on November 19, 2020

“All kings is mostly rapscallions.”—Jim in ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ (by Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American humorist, 1835-1910)

Posted on November 18, 2020

“Appreciation is a wonderful thing: it makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.”—Voltaire (François-Marie Arouet), French philosopher, 1694-1778

Posted on November 15, 2020

“Machines, from the Maxim gun to the computer, are for the most part, means by which a minority can keep free men in subjection.”—Sir Kenneth Clark, British art historian, 1903-1983

Posted on November 14, 2020

“Nothing draws a crowd quite like a crowd.”—P.T. Barnum, America showman, 1810-1891

Posted on November 13, 2020

“When it is not necessary to make a decision, it is necessary not to make a decision.”—Lucius Cary, 2nd Viscount Falkland; English politician; 1610-1643

Posted on November 12, 2020

“It is after you have lost your teeth that you can afford to buy steaks.”—Pierre-Auguste Renoir, French painter, 1841-1919

Posted on November 11, 2020

“It takes two to speak the truth—one to speak and another to hear.”—Henry David Thoreau, American essayist, 1817-1862

Posted on November 9, 2020

“I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to lectures and don’t want to meet them.”—H.L. Mencken, American satirist, 1880-1956

Posted on November 7, 2020

“The meek shall inherit the earth—but not the mineral rights.”—J. Paul Getty, British petrol-industrialist, 1892-1976

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