Skip to content

THE DAILY EXTRACT

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

Tag: Greek playwright

Posted on October 22, 2022October 22, 2022

“I am amazed that anyone who has made a fortune should send for his friends.”—Aristophanes, Greek playwright, 446-386 BC

Posted on September 12, 2022

“You cannot teach a crab to walk straight.”—Aristophanes, Greek playwright, 446-386 BC

Posted on July 11, 2021July 11, 2021

“I have been a stranger in a strange land.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 496-406 BC

Posted on June 10, 2020June 10, 2020

“The good befriend themselves.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 496-406 BC

Posted on April 7, 2020

“The wise learn many things from their enemies.”—Aristophanes, Greek playwright, 446-386 BC

Posted on March 11, 2020

“Knowledge must come through action. You can have no test which is not fanciful, save by trial.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 496-406 BC

Posted on December 4, 2018

“Time, as he grows old, teaches all things.”—Aeschylus, Greek playwright, 525-456 BC

Posted on January 15, 2018January 15, 2018

“Words are the physicians of a mind diseased.”—Aeschylus, Greek playwright, 525-456 BC

Posted on November 23, 2017November 23, 2017

“There is nothing in the world so demoralizing as money.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 496-406 BC

Posted on October 9, 2017October 9, 2017

“Nobody loves life like him who is growing old.”—Sophocles, Greek playwright, 5th century BC

Posts navigation

Page 1 Page 2 Next page

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

Join 126 other subscribers

Archives

Meta

  • Register
  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.com

Tags

"Observatio Experimenta et Inventum" a blog of quotations American comedian American novelist 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 quotation 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.
  • Follow Following
    • THE DAILY EXTRACT
    • Join 124 other followers
    • Already have a WordPress.com account? Log in now.
    • THE DAILY EXTRACT
    • Customize
    • Follow Following
    • Sign up
    • Log in
    • Report this content
    • View site in Reader
    • Manage subscriptions
    • Collapse this bar
 

Loading Comments...