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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 June 10, 2017June 10, 2017

“Lazy people are always looking for something to do.”—Luc de Clapiers, French writer, 18th century

Posted on June 9, 2017June 9, 2017

“I am what you will be.”—Epitaph on ancient Roman tombstone

Posted on June 8, 2017June 8, 2017

“Some come to see; some come to be seen.”—Ovid (on the theatre), Roman poet, 1st century BC/AD

Posted on June 7, 2017June 7, 2017

“How old would you be if you did not know how old you was?”—Satchel Paige, Major League Baseball pitcher, 1906-1982

Posted on June 6, 2017June 6, 2017

“A friend’s eye is a good mirror.”—Irish proverb

Posted on June 5, 2017June 5, 2017

“Treat your friend as if he might become an enemy.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman maxim writer, 1st century BC

Posted on June 4, 2017

“Actors are the only honest hypocrites.”—William Hazlitt, English drama critic, 1778-1830

Posted on June 3, 2017June 3, 2017

“I am an inventor of music.”—Igor Stravinsky, Russian-American composer, 1882-1971

Posted on June 2, 2017

“It is best to win without fighting.”—Sun-Tzu, ‘The Art of War’, Chinese military strategist, 5th century BC

Posted on June 1, 2017June 1, 2017

“It is sweet to let the mind unbend on occasion.”—Horace, Roman lyric poet, 1st century BC

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