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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, 2018

“On some great and glorious day the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron.”—H.L. Mencken, American journalist, 1880-1956

Posted on May 17, 2018May 17, 2018

“No evil can happen to a good man, either in life or after death.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 427-347 BC

Posted on May 15, 2018May 15, 2018

“Education is the best provision for old age.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on May 6, 2018May 6, 2018

“The land of the dull and the home of the literal.”—Gore Vidal, American writer, 1925-2012

Posted on May 3, 2018May 3, 2018

“Be a good animal, true to your instincts.”—D.H. Lawrence, English novelist, 1885-1930

Posted on May 2, 2018May 2, 2018

“Good laws are produced by bad morals.”—Macrobius, Roman author, 5th century AD

Posted on April 26, 2018

“If an honest man lives among us, we call him slow and stupid.”—Horace, Roman lyric poet, 1st century BC

Posted on April 25, 2018

“Ambition can creep as well as soar.”—Edmund Burke, Irish statesman, 1729-1797

Posted on April 24, 2018

“Every calling is great when greatly pursued.”—Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., American jurist, 1841-1935

Posted on April 23, 2018

“Cunning is better than strength.”—Irish proverb

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