Skip to content

PROVERBIUM SENIORUM

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

Posted on June 18, 2021June 18, 2021

“One reason why I don’t drink is because I wish to know when I am having a good time.”—Nancy Astor, first female Member of Parliament, 1879-1964

Posted on June 17, 2021June 17, 2021

“The music business is a cruel and shallow money trench, a long plastic hallway where thieves and pimps run free, and good men die like dogs. There’s also a negative side.”—Hunter S. Thompson, American journalist, 1937-2005

Posted on June 16, 2021June 16, 2021

“Well begun is half done.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on June 15, 2021

“Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.”—Mark Twain/Samuel Clemens, American author & humorist, 1835-1910

Posted on June 11, 2021February 26, 2023

“We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.”—Marshall McLuhan, Canadian media theorist, 1911-1980

Posted on June 10, 2021

“Haste in every business brings failures.”—Herodotus, Greek historian, 5th century BC

Posted on June 9, 2021June 9, 2021

“The tendency of Man’s nature to God is like the tendency of water to flow downwards.”—Mencius, Chinese philosopher, 372-289 BC

Posted on June 8, 2021

“A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.”—Desiderius Erasmus, Dutch philosopher, 1466-1536

Posted on June 7, 2021June 7, 2021

“Everything that deceives may be said to enchant.”—Plato, Greek philosopher, 428-348 BCE

Posted on June 6, 2021June 6, 2021

“Young men have a passion for regarding their elders as senile.”—Henry Brooks Adams, American historian, 1838-1918

Posts pagination

Previous page Page 1 … Page 37 Page 38 Page 39 … Page 112 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 American comedian American philosopher & poet American poet American writer Aristotle Chinese philosopher Cicero coffees Confucius Creators of innovative teas tisanes and coffees since 2005 English novelist English writer et Inventum" Euripides Experimenta free educational service French philosopher Fusion-Infusions Fusion-Infusions.com German philosopher 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.