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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 21, 2020

“It is the chiefest point of happiness that a man is willing to be what he is.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on June 20, 2020

“The first beginnings of things cannot be distinguished by the eye.”—Lucretius, Roman philosopher, 1st century BC

Posted on June 16, 2020

“The tragedy of old age is not that one is old, but that one is young.”—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900

Posted on June 10, 2020June 10, 2020

“The good befriend themselves.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 496-406 BC

Posted on June 7, 2020

“In fact, nothing is said that has not been said before.”—Terence, Roman playwright, 2nd century BC

Posted on May 24, 2020May 24, 2020

“Convention is the ruler of all.”—Pindar, Greek poet, 522-443 BC

Posted on May 23, 2020

“Everything that irritates us about others can lead us to an understanding of ourselves.”—Carl Jung, Swiss psychoanalyst, 1875-1961

Posted on May 22, 2020May 22, 2020

“The object of art is to give life shape.”—Jean Anouilh, French dramatist, 1910-1987

Posted on May 21, 2020May 21, 2020

“Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on May 13, 2020May 13, 2020

“No man loses honor who had any in the first place.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

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