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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 June 22, 2023June 21, 2023

“For disappearing acts, it’s hard to beat what happens to the eight hours supposedly left after eight of sleep and eight of work.”—Doug Larson, American columnist, 1926-2017

Posted on June 18, 2023June 18, 2023

“Man is certainly stark mad. He cannot make a worm, and yet he will be making gods by dozens.”—Michel de Montaigne, French Renaissance philosopher, 1533-1592

Posted on June 16, 2023June 16, 2023

“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.”—Thomas A. Edison, American inventor, 1847-1931

Posted on June 12, 2023June 12, 2023

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take.”—Wayne Gretzky, Canadian hockey player, 1961–

Posted on June 8, 2023October 28, 2023

“The art of statesmanship is to foresee the inevitable and to expedite its occurrence.”—Charles de Talleyrand, French diplomat, 1754-1838

Posted on June 2, 2023

“It’s easier to fool people than to convince them that they have been fooled.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on May 31, 2023

“A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clean conscience.”—Doug Larson, American columnist, 1926-2017

Posted on May 26, 2023

“Love ceases to be a pleasure, when it ceases to be a secret.”—Aphra Behn, English poet, 1640-1689

Posted on May 22, 2023May 22, 2023

“My soul can find no staircase to heaven unless it be through Earth’s loveliness.”—Michelangelo, Italian sculptor, 1475-1564

Posted on May 21, 2023May 20, 2023

“Luck never gives; it only lends.”—Swedish proverb

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