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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 April 11, 2020April 11, 2020

“The man who inspects the saddle blanket instead of the horse is stupid. Most stupid is the man who judges another man by his clothes or circumstances.”—Seneca the Younger, Roman satirist, c. 4 BC-65 AD

Posted on April 10, 2020May 2, 2020

“Who looks outside, dreams; who looks inside, awakens.”—Carl Jung, Swiss psychoanalyst, 1875-1961

Posted on April 9, 2020April 9, 2020

“What strikes me is the fact that in our society, art has become something which is only related to objects, and not to individuals, or to life.”—Michel Foucault, French philosopher, 1926-1984

Posted on April 8, 2020April 8, 2020

“Logical consequences are the scarecrows of fools and the beacons of wise men.”—Thomas Huxley, Biologist, 1825-1895

Posted on April 7, 2020

“The wise learn many things from their enemies.”—Aristophanes, Greek playwright, 446-386 BC

Posted on April 6, 2020April 6, 2020

“Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”—Calvin Coolidge, U.S. President, 1872-1933

Posted on April 5, 2020April 5, 2020

“The United States themselves are essentially the greatest poem.”—Walt Whitman, American poet, 1819-1892

Posted on March 29, 2020

“When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.”—Benjamin Franklin, American polymath, 1706-1790

Posted on March 28, 2020March 28, 2020

“When I was a boy and I would see scary things in the news, my mother would say to me, ‘Look for the helpers. You will always find people who are helping.'”—Fred Rogers, American television personality, 1928-2003

Posted on March 26, 2020March 26, 2020

“We don’t make mistakes. We just have happy accidents.”—Bob Ross, American painter, 1942-1995

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