S.T. Enigmatic Variations

[novalis]

Has anybody worked out what the quotation apparently running round the periphery is?
What's the significance of the extra letters contained in some ( all? - but doesn't appear to be all ) clues.
To those kind enough to answer two weeks ago many thanks.

Novalis.

[novalis]

To Shawnee.
Thanks - Ive now got all the answers and the quotation. It starts in the top right cormer and runs anticlockwise:-
"The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook."
I'm assuming that the related quotation ( to be entered under the grid ) has something to do with the extra letters in some of the clues.
ODQ editions 4, 5 or 6 is recommended for finding the quotations.

Novalis.

[pjwillcox]

Haven't quite got all the clues yet: am bit stuck with 14A/1 & 12D. I've got in-pup for 1d, which gives me SPUT? for 14A. For 12D I've got ???ATI (gelati?). Also 30A ?ARED. Gtfl yr help then can try and stretch the mind to the second quote. Many tks.

[gco2005]

30 across is Fared

Got (R) on Fa (note)- red (revolutionary)

[gco2005]

12dn is Gelati

There;s no end of glue Gelati(n)

(N) Ice creams flavoured with fruit.

[pjwillcox]

Tks GCO2005, thought it was fared but couldn't see why; ditto gelati.

[novalis]

1D is in-pig.

Still trying to work out what quotation observation of "The art of being wise is the art of knowing what to overlook" refers to. I'm convinced that it's to do with the extra letters in some clues but could be wrong.

Novalis.

[pjwillcox]

tks Novalis - realised 1D had to be as you say after sorting the others. been thumbing my ODQ for inspiration to no avail so far

[MLN:RUGBY]

am tearing my hair out trying to sort out this 1! i've finished grid, got quotation, but cant fathom out 2nd quote, any ideas yet?

[novalis]

Still looking for inspiration for second quotation. If I come up with anything I shall post it here. I've looked through Oxford Dictionary of Phrase, Fable and Quotation to no avail. The first four extra letters from clues spell out "verb"
( the title of the crossword ) so I'm exploring that avenue.

[novalis]

Eureka! ( Or so I hope! ) Extra letters spell out:-

"Verbum sapienti sat est" ( "A word to the wise is enough" )

Hope that helps all who have responded to my original question. Many thanks to all of you and very bestwishes with your solving.

Novalis.