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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 February 17, 2020

“If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.”—Sir Isaac Newton,PRS; scientist & philosopher; 1643-1727

Posted on February 5, 2020February 5, 2020

“A library is not a luxury but one of the necessities of life.”—Henry Ward Beecher, American clergyman, 1813-1887

Posted on February 4, 2020February 4, 2020

“Often a fool’s son is a wise man.”—Irish proverb

Posted on January 15, 2020January 15, 2020

“There are things nobody would see if I didn’t photograph them.”—Diane Arbus, American photographer, 1923-1971

Posted on January 14, 2020January 14, 2020

“In completing one discovery we never fail to get an imperfect knowledge of others.”—Joseph Priestley FRS, English chemist & discoverer of oxygen, 1733-1804

Posted on January 11, 2020January 11, 2020

“Faint heart never won fair lady.”—Miguel de Cervantes, Spanish author, 1547-1616

Posted on January 9, 2020January 9, 2020

“I see no objection to stoutness, in moderation.”—W. S. Gilbert (in Gilbert & Sullivan’s ‘Iolanthe’), English dramatist, 1836-1911

Posted on December 30, 2019

“We have met the enemy, and they are ours.”—Oliver Hazard Perry, American naval commander, 1785-1819

Posted on December 27, 2019December 27, 2019

“Health and intellect are the two blessings of life.”—Menander, Greek dramatist, 342-291 BC

Posted on December 23, 2019December 23, 2019

“You can discover what your enemy fears most by observing the means he uses to frighten you.”—Eric Hoffer, American philosopher, 1898-1983

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