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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 January 30, 2017January 30, 2017

“Laughter is the shortest distance between two people.”—Victor Borge, Danish comedian and musician

Posted on January 29, 2017January 29, 2017

“The superior man is modest in his speech, but exceeds in his actions.”—Confucius, Chinese philosopher, 551-480 BC

Posted on January 28, 2017January 28, 2017

“‘Chance’ is the pseudonym of God when He did not want to sign.”—Theophile Gautier, French poet

Posted on January 27, 2017

“What you do not want done to yourself, do not do to others.”—Confucius, Chinese philosopher, 551-479 BC

Posted on January 26, 2017January 26, 2017

“A committee is a cul-de-sac down which ideas are lured and quietly strangled.”–Sir Barnett Cocks, Clerk of the House of Commons, 1907-1989

Posted on January 25, 2017January 25, 2017

“Seize the day!”—Horace, Roman lyric poet, 65-8 BC

Posted on January 24, 2017January 24, 2017

“Reason is immortal, all else mortal.”—Pythagoras, Greek philosopher

Posted on January 23, 2017January 23, 2017

You can preach a better sermon with your life than with your lips.”—Oliver Goldsmith, Irish playwright, 1730-1774

Posted on January 22, 2017January 22, 2017

“Advertising is the rattling of a stick inside a swill bucket.”—George Orwell, English novelist, 1903-1950

Posted on January 21, 2017January 21, 2017

“Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.”—Herodotus, Greek historian, 5th Century BC

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