THOUGHT FOR THE DAY:

“A book of verses underneath the bough
A flask of wine, a loaf of bread and thou
Beside me singing in the wilderness
And wilderness is paradise now.”

— Omar Khayyám, Edward Fitzgerald’s The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam

BIRTHDAYS:

1048 Omar Khayyám, Persian polymath whose multifaceted career encompassed mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, and poetry, making enduring contributions during the Islamic Golden Age under the Seljuq dynasty.

1810 Francesco Maria Piave, Italian librettist, poet, and journalist (wrote for Verdi operas like Rigoletto).

1872 Bertrand Russell, English mathematician and philosopher (Nobel Prize in Literature).

1875 Guido Alberto Fano, Italian composer and pianist. O falce di luna, and Andante e allegro con fuoco

MISCELLANEOUS:

WISDOM. The Tao of Liberty