Tony's Garden

“I have always strenuously supported the right of every man to his own opinion, however different that opinion might be to mine. He who denies to another this right, makes a slave of himself to his present opinion, because he precludes himself the right of changing it.” ― Thomas Paine 1750  Antonio Salieri, Italian composer…

“French economist/philosopher Frederic Bastiat (1801–50) gave a test for immoral government acts: “See if the law benefits one citizen at the expense of another by doing what the citizen himself cannot do without committing a crime.” ― Walter E. Williams 1578 Francesco Albani, Italian painter. 1686 Nicola Antonio Porpora, Italian composer and teacher of singing…

“Abundance is not about providing everyone on this planet with a life of luxury—rather it’s about providing all with a life of possibility.” ― Peter H. Diamandis 1761 Yevstigney Fomin, Russian opera composer. Aplausos Furia de la ópera “Orfeo y Eurídice” 1795 Heinrich August Marschner, German opera composer. The Vampyr (Overture) 1845 Gabriel Lippmann, French…

“Mistakes are always forgivable, if one has the courage to admit them.” ― Bruce Lee 1725 Ferdinando Bertoni, Italian composer. Sonata in D Major 1771 Walter Scott,  Scottish historian, novelist, poet, and playwright. 1857 Albert Ballin, German inventor and shipping tycoon. 1902 Jan Campert, Dutch resistance fighter and poet. 1912 Julia Child, American chef, author and…

“If the road to hell is paved with good intentions, compromises on principles are the street lights.” ― Garry Kasparov 1868 Leone Sinigaglia, Italian composer. “La Tregua”, and “O falce di luna” 1714 Claude-Joseph Vernet, French painter. 1777 Hans Christian Ørsted, Danish physicist and chemist who discovered that electric currents create magnetic fields, which was the…

“What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out.” ― Alfred Hitchcock 1422 William Caxton, English merchant, diplomat and writer. 1655 Johann Christoph Denner, German musician and inventor (clarinet) 1831 Salomon Jadassohn, German pianist and composer. Capriccio D minor Op. 137, and Concerto for Piano & Orchestra No.1 Op.89 in C minor –…

“As soon as I learned from my mother that there was a place called school that I must attend willy nilly — a place where you were obliged to think about matters prescribed by a ‘teacher,’ not about matters decided by yourself—I was appalled.” ― Fred Hoyle 1626 Giovanni Legrenzi, Venetian Baroque organist and composer.…

“There are treasures in books that all the money in the world cannot buy, but the poorest laborer can have for nothing.” ― Robert G. Ingersoll 1737 Joseph Nollekens, English sculptor. 1833 Robert G. Ingersoll, American writer, orator and agnostic. 1858 Christiaan Eijkman, Dutch physician and professor of physiology… Together with Sir Frederick Hopkins, he…

“Don’t listen to the person who has the answers; listen to the person who has the questions.” ― Albert Einstein 1567 Girolamo Giacobbi, Italian singer, choirmaster, conductor, and composer of sacred music and opera. Dixit Dominus Salmo 109 a 9 voci 1589 Pietro Antonio Tamburini, Italian composer 1737 Anton Losenko, Russian painter. 1740 Samuel Arnold,…

“At times our own light goes out and is rekindled by a spark from another person. Each of us has cause to think with deep gratitude of those who have lighted the flame within us.” ― Albert Schweitzer 1593 Izaak Walton, English biographer and author 1631 John Dryden, English poet, literary critic, translator, and playwright. 1648…