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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 March 27, 2017March 27, 2017

“Word is a shadow of deed.”—Democritus, Greek philosopher, 5th century BC

Posted on March 26, 2017March 26, 2017

“Philosophers are adults who persist in asking childish questions.”—Isaiah Berlin, Russian-British philosopher, 1909-1997

Posted on March 25, 2017March 25, 2017

“He who seizes the right moment, is the right man.”—J.W. von Goethe, German writer, 1749-1832

Posted on March 24, 2017March 24, 2017

“Wise men learn more from fools than fools from the wise.”—Marcus Cato, Roman senator, 234-149 BC

Posted on March 23, 2017March 23, 2017

“Lust wants whatever it can’t have.”—Publilius Syrus, Roman writer, 1st century BC

Posted on March 22, 2017March 22, 2017

“Much learning does not teach understanding.”—Heraclitus, Greek philosopher, 535-475 BC

Posted on March 21, 2017March 21, 2017

“Vulgarity often cuts ice which refinement scrapes at vainly.”—Max Beerbohm, English essayist, 1872-1956

Posted on March 20, 2017March 20, 2017

“Having the fewest wants, I am nearest the gods.”—Socrates, Greek philosopher, 5th century BC

Posted on March 19, 2017March 19, 2017

“The greatest griefs are those we cause ourselves.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 5th century BC

Posted on March 17, 2017March 17, 2017

“It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness.”—Leo Tolstoy, Russian writer, 1828-1910

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