Skip to content

PROVERBIUM SENIORUM

(Wisdom of the Elders) Blog of quotations, epigrams,& excerpts. COMMENT/DISCUSS: twitter.com/PSeniorum.

Category: humor

Posted on December 26, 2021December 26, 2021

“To be stupid, selfish, and have good health are three requirements for happiness, though if stupidity is lacking, all is lost.”—Gustave Flaubert, French novelist, 1821-1880

Posted on December 25, 2021

“What shall I do in the city? I don’t know how to lie.”—Decimus Juvenal, Roman poet, 1st-2nd centuries, AD

Posted on December 22, 2021

“There are lots of people who mistake their imagination for their memory.”—Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw), American humorist, 1818-1885

Posted on December 11, 2021

“Sometimes I sits and thinks, and sometimes I just sits.”—Satchel Paige, Major League Baseball pitcher, 1906-1982

Posted on December 10, 2021

“Know yourself. Don’t accept your dog’s admiration as conclusive evidence that you are wonderful.”—Ann Landers (Eppie Lederer), American advice columnist, 1918-2002

Posted on November 11, 2021November 11, 2021

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”—Mae West, American actress, 1893-1980

Posted on November 8, 2021November 8, 2021

“Nothing is more humiliating than to see idiots succeed in enterprises we have failed in.”—Gustave Flaubert, French novelist, 1821-1880

Posted on November 3, 2021November 3, 2021

“Always depend on people to think the worst.”—Publius Ovid, Roman poet, 43 BC to 18 AD

Posted on October 31, 2021

“There are some who speak one moment before they think.”—Jean de La Bruyère, French satirist, 1645-1696

Posted on October 11, 2021October 10, 2021

“If you haven’t got anything nice to say about anybody come sit next to me.”—Alice Roosevelt Longworth, American socialite, 1884-1980

Posts pagination

Previous page Page 1 … Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 … Page 10 Next page

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 138 other subscribers

Archives

Meta

  • Create account
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Tags

"Observatio Experimenta et Inventum" a blog of quotations Albert Einstein American comedian American poet American writer Aristotle Chinese philosopher Cicero coffees Confucius Creators of innovative teas tisanes and coffees since 2005 Desiderius Erasmus English novelist English writer et Inventum" Euripides Experimenta free educational service French philosopher Fusion-Infusions Fusion-Infusions.com gluten-free Greek dramatist Greek philosopher Greek playwright Horace innovative gluten-free teas tisanes and coffees Irish playwright Irish proverb Mark Twain Observatio Oliver Goldsmith Oscar Wilde Plato Proverbium Seniorum ProverbiumSeniorum.WordPress.com Publilius Syrus Quotations Ralph Waldo Emerson Roman maxim writer Roman philosopher Roman playwright Roman poet Seneca the Younger Sophocles teas The Daily Extract TheDailyExtract.WordPress.com tisanes
Blog at WordPress.com.
  • Subscribe Subscribed
    • PROVERBIUM SENIORUM
    • Join 137 other subscribers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • PROVERBIUM SENIORUM
    • Subscribe Subscribed
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...
 

You must be logged in to post a comment.