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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 May 18, 2023May 18, 2023

“When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.”—John Ruskin, English polymath, 1819-1900

Posted on May 14, 2023

“To see what is in front of one’s nose requires a constant struggle.”—George Orwell, English novelist, 1903-1950

Posted on May 12, 2023

“If fear is the great enemy of intimacy, love is its true friend.”—Henri Nouwen, Dutch philosopher & theologian, 1932-1996 (Guest Editor—Deborah Allen)

Posted on May 3, 2023

“As a painter I shall never signify anything of importance. I feel it absolutely.”—Vincent van Gogh, Dutch painter, 1853-1890

Posted on May 1, 2023April 30, 2023

“To live only for some future goal is shallow. It’s the sides of the mountain that sustain life, not the top.”—Robert M. Pirsig, American author & philosopher (Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance), 1928-2017

Posted on April 14, 2023April 13, 2023

“The onset and the waning of love make themselves felt in the uneasiness experienced at being alone together.”—Jean de la Bruyére, French philosopher, 1645-1696

Posted on April 6, 2023April 6, 2023

“A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right.”—Thomas Paine, American political activist, 1737-1809

Posted on March 27, 2023

“If you love it enough, anything will talk to you.”—George Washington Carver, American agricultural scientist, 1864-1943

Posted on March 17, 2023March 16, 2023

“All we know is still infinitely less than all that still remains unknown.”—William Harvey, English physician & physiologist, 1578-1657

Posted on March 15, 2023March 14, 2023

“What good is a chain with a bad link?”—Nero Wolfe, fictional detective (Rex Stout, American mystery writer, 1886-1975)

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