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October 31, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ”To have displeased evil and ignorant men is the sure sign of genius and virtue…” — Petrarch BIRTHDAYS: 1291 Philippe de Vitry, French composer and poet. “Firmissime fidem / Alleluya”, and Vos qui admiramini 1632 Jan Vermeer, Dutch painter who specialized in domestic interior scenes of middle-class life. 1711 Laura Bassi, Italian…
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October 30, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: ”The duration of the life of men may be considerably increased. It would be true progress to go back to the simple dishes of our ancestors. … Progress would consist in simplifying many sides of the lives of civilised people.” — Élie Metchnikoff BIRTHDAYS: 1735 John Adams, American statesman, attorney, diplomat,…
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October 29, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Most of the major ills of the world have been caused by well-meaning people who ignored the principle of individual freedom, except as applied to themselves, and who were obsessed with fanatical zeal to improve the lot of mankind-in-the-mass through some pet formula of their own. The harm done by ordinary…
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October 28, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.” — Marcus Tullius Cicero BIRTHDAYS: 1466 Erasmus, Dutch Christian humanist, Catholic priest and theologian, educationalist, satirist, and philosopher. 1751 Dmitry Stepanovich Bortniansky, Russian-Ukrainian harpsichordist and composer (Tantum Ergo), born in Glukhov, Russian Empire. Cherubim Hymn No. 7…
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October 27, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Because, as we all know, it’s easier to do trivial things that are urgent than it is to do important things that are not urgent, like thinking. And it’s also easier to do little things we know we can do than to start on big things that we’re not so sure…
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October 26, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Puritanism: The haunting fear that someone, somewhere, may be happy.” — H.L. Mencken BIRTHDAYS: 1483 Hans Buchner, German composer, born in the Free Imperial City of Ravensburg, Holy Roman Empire. Fundamentum: Quem terra. 1645 Aert de Gelder, Dutch painter. 1685 Domenico Scarlatti, Italian composer and harpsichordist (La Silvia), born in Naples,…
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October 25, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “The Puritans hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.” — Thomas B. Macaulay BIRTHDAYS: 1576 Thomas Weelkes, English organist and composer of madrigals. Thule, the Period of Cosmography + The Andalusian Merchant, and O Lord Arise, and Most Mighty and…
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October 24, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don’t even remember leaving open.” — Rose Wilder Lane BIRTHDAYS: 1556 Giovanni Battista Caccini, Italian sculptor, born in Montopiaoli Val d’Arno, Duchy of Florence. 1607 John Lievens, Dutch painter, etcher and wood carver 1632 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, Dutch microbiologist and…
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October 23, 2024
THOUGHT OF THE DAY: “Briefly stated, the Gell-Mann Amnesia effect is as follows. You open the newspaper to an article on some subject you know well. In Murray’s case, physics. In mine, show business. You read the article and see the journalist has absolutely no understanding of either the facts or the issues. Often, the…
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October 22, 2024
“Those who cry the loudest are not always the ones who are hurt the most.” — Aesop BIRTHDAYS: 1698 Nicola Logroscino, Italian composer, born in Bitonto, Bari, Kingdom of Naples. ALLEGRO (III tempo) dal Concerto a cinque per Traversiere ed archi in sol magg. 1737 Vincenzo Manfredini, Italian harpsichordist, composer, and music theorist, born in…
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