Skip to content

PROVERBIUM SENIORUM

(Wisdom of the Elders) Blog of quotations, epigrams,& excerpts. COMMENT/DISCUSS: twitter.com/PSeniorum.

Author: Proverbium Seniorum™

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 October 23, 2020October 23, 2020

“Rhetoric does not get you anywhere, because Hitler and Mussolini are just as good at rhetoric. But if you can bring these people down with comedy, they stand no chance.”—Mel Brooks, American director, 1926-

Posted on October 22, 2020

“My brain? It’s my second favorite organ.”—Woody Allen, American director, 1935-

Posted on October 20, 2020

“Secrecy and a free, democratic government don’t mix.”—Harry S. Truman, U.S. President, 1884-1972

Posted on October 17, 2020

“The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.”—Joseph Conrad, British novelist, 1857-1924

Posted on October 15, 2020

“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.”—Arthur C. Clarke, British science- and science-fiction writer, 1917-2008

Posted on October 13, 2020

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it rhymes.”—Mark Twain, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on October 11, 2020

“They were careless people. They smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.”—F. Scott Fitzgerald, American novelist, 1896-1940

Posted on October 8, 2020

“Reading maketh a full man; conference a ready man; and writing an exact man.”—Francis Bacon, English philosopher, 1561-1626

Posted on October 4, 2020

“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”—Anna Eleanor Roosevelt; U.S. First Lady, diplomat, & activist; 1884-1962

Posted on October 2, 2020

“Knowledge is power.”—Francis Bacon, English philosopher, 1561-1626

Posts pagination

Previous page Page 1 … Page 55 Page 56 Page 57 … Page 113 Next page

Search for:

Follow Blog via Email

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Email Address:

Join 138 other subscribers

Archives

Archives

Meta

Create account
Log in
Entries feed
Comments feed
WordPress.com

Tags

"Observatio Experimenta et Inventum" a blog of quotations American comedian American philosopher & poet American poet American writer Aristotle Chinese philosopher Cicero coffees Confucius Creators of innovative teas tisanes and coffees since 2005 English novelist English writer et Inventum" Euripides Experimenta free educational service French philosopher Fusion-Infusions Fusion-Infusions.com German philosopher gluten-free Greek dramatist Greek philosopher Greek playwright Horace innovative gluten-free teas tisanes and coffees Irish playwright Irish proverb Mark Twain Observatio Oliver Goldsmith Oscar Wilde Plato Proverbium Seniorum ProverbiumSeniorum.WordPress.com Publilius Syrus Quotations Ralph Waldo Emerson Roman maxim writer Roman philosopher Roman playwright Roman poet Seneca the Younger Sophocles teas The Daily Extract TheDailyExtract.WordPress.com tisanes

Blog at WordPress.com.

Subscribe Subscribed
- PROVERBIUM SENIORUM
- Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.

Loading Comments...

You must be logged in to post a comment.