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Proverbium Seniorum

Category: proverb

Posted on March 2, 2018

“Despite the fox’s cunning, his skin is often sold.”—Irish proverb

Posted on February 28, 2018

“A man’s homeland is wherever he prospers.”—Aristophanes, Greek playwright, 446-386 BC

Posted on February 26, 2018February 26, 2018

“Idiot of idiots, to trust what is written!”—Titus Plautus, Roman playwright, 254-184 BC

Posted on February 24, 2018March 15, 2018

“America is a vast conspiracy to make you happy.”—John Updike, American novelist, 1932-2009

Posted on February 19, 2018February 19, 2018

“God cannot be found in noise and restlessness. God is the friend of silence.”—Mother Teresa of Calcutta, Roman Catholic saint, 1910-1997

Posted on February 15, 2018

“All men by nature desire knowledge.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on February 14, 2018

“Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.”—Euripides, Greek dramatist, 481-407 BC

Posted on February 12, 2018February 12, 2018

“The physician can bury his mistakes, but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines—so they should go as far as possible from home to build their first buildings.”—Frank Lloyd Wright, American architect, 1867-1959

Posted on February 11, 2018February 11, 2018

“What soon grows old? Gratitude.”—Aristotle, Greek philosopher, 4th century BC

Posted on February 10, 2018February 10, 2018

“Anatomy is destiny.”—Sigmund Freud, Austrian neurologist & founder of psychoanalysis, 1856-1939

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