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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 December 14, 2017December 14, 2017

“Sometimes it is more important to discover what one cannot do, than what one can do.”—Lin Yutang, Chinese inventor, 1895-1976

Posted on November 23, 2017November 23, 2017

“There is nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 496-406 BC

Posted on November 21, 2017November 21, 2017

“All art is at once surface and symbol. Those who go beneath the surface do so at their peril.”—Oscar Wilde, Irish poet & playwright, 1854-1900

Posted on November 20, 2017November 20, 2017

“Whatever you have, spend less.”—Dr. Samuel Johnson, English writer, 18th century

Posted on November 9, 2017November 9, 2017

“Shallowness is natural; conceit comes with education.”—Marcus Tullius Cicero, Roman philosopher, 106–43 BC

Posted on November 8, 2017November 8, 2017

“A picture is a model of reality.”—Ludwig Wittgenstein, Austrian philosopher, 1889–1951

Posted on November 5, 2017November 5, 2017

“First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do.”—Epictetus, Greek philosopher, 55 AD–135 AD

Posted on November 2, 2017November 2, 2017

“The coldness of a friend is better than the sweetness of an enemy.”—Irish proverb

Posted on October 31, 2017October 31, 2017

“When you have nothing to say, say nothing.”—Charles Colton, English writer, 1780-1832

Posted on October 29, 2017

“A team effort is a lot of people doing what I say.”—Michael Winner, English film director, 1935-2013

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